hormiga
[oɾˈmiɣ̞a]
The verdict
“hormiga” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,862
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Formicidae) Insecto que forma colonias perteneciente a la familia de los formícidos. Están emparentadas con las avispas, de las cuales descienden; aun así, la mayoría de las hormigas no poseen ala...
Corpus desk
Index ES-hormiga · hormiga · Spanish
hormiga · rank #18,862 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,862
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH horizontes
Nearest frequency peer: horizontes (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hormiga”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- heterosexua…
heterosexuales
81,142 corpus weight
- hipotecario
hipotecario
81,141 corpus weight
- horizontes
horizontes
81,140 corpus weight
- hormiga
hormiga
81,139 corpus weight
- huelen
huelen
81,138 corpus weight
- iberoameric…
iberoamericana
81,137 corpus weight
What this shows “hormiga” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hormiga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oɾˈmiɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hormiga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hormiga (IPA [oɾˈmiɣ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,862 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hormiga, with forms such as "hhormiga", "homriga", and "horimga". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hormona", "hormigón", "hormigas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is hormiga, spelled H-O-R-M-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Formicidae) Insecto que forma colonias perteneciente a la familia de los formícidos. Están emparentadas con las avispas, de las cuales descienden; aun así, la mayoría de las hormigas no poseen alas, aunque esto varía según individuos dentro de una colonia.
- 2Enfermedad cutánea que causa comezón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhormiga
- homriga
- horimga
- hormgia
- hormiag
- hormigga
- hormmiga
- horrmiga
- hromiga
- ohrmiga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hormiga - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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