hormona

/[oɾˈmona]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,045

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

hormona is aSpanishnoun. It means: Substancias segregadas por células de glándulas de secreción interna (endócrinas, o por células epiteliales e intersticiales que influyen en el funcionamiento de otras células. Pronounced [oɾˈmona]. Often confused with hormonas and hormonal.

Key facts for hormona
PropertyValue
Headwordhormona
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oɾˈmona]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,045
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hormona in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hormona is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾˈmona]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,045 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Substancias segregadas por células de glándulas de secreción interna (endócrinas, o por células epiteliales e intersticiales que influyen en el funcionamiento de otras células.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for hormona, with forms such as "hhormona", "homrona", and "hormmona". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "hormonas", "hormonal", "hermana", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hormona, spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substancias segregadas por células de glándulas de secreción interna (endócrinas, o por células epiteliales e intersticiales que influyen en el funcionamiento de otras células.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhormona,homrona,hormmona,hormnoa,hormoan,hormonna,horomna,horrmona,hromona,ohrmona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hormona

Misspelling Variants of "hormona"

hhormona8homrona7hormmona8hormnoa7hormoan7hormonna8horomna7horrmona8
Misspelling Variants of "hormona"

Frequency rank: #22,045 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hormona"?
"hormona" is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oɾˈmona].
What does "hormona" mean?
As a noun, "hormona" means: Substancias segregadas por células de glándulas de secreción interna (endócrinas, o por células epiteliales e intersticiales que influyen en el funcionamiento de otras células.
What words are commonly confused with "hormona"?
"hormona" is commonly confused with "hormonas", "hormonal", "hermana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hormona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hormona" is [oɾˈmona]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hormona" come from?
"hormona" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.