hormonal
[oɾmoˈnal]
The verdict
“hormonal” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,476 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #26,476
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a las hormonas.
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 | hormonal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oɾmoˈnal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hormonal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hormonal is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾmoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,476 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Propio de o relativo a las hormonas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hormonal, with forms such as "hhormonal", "homronal", and "hormmonal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hormonas", "hormonales", "hormona", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct Spanish form is hormonal, spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a las hormonas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhormonal,homronal,hormmonal,hormnoal,hormoanl,hormonall,hormonla,hormonnal,horomnal,horrmonal,hromonal,ohrmonal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hormonal - 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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Using “hormonal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oɾmoˈnal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hormonas” - see the side-by-side comparison. hormonal vs hormonas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.