Hornillo
[oɾˈniʝo]
The verdict
“Hornillo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #78,296 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #78,296
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de Erídano, la Ballena (Cetus), el Escultor y el Fénix.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hornillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oɾˈniʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hornillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Hornillo is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾˈniʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,296 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de Erídano, la Ballena (Cetus), el Escultor y el Fénix.".
Hornillo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Hornillo, spelled H-O-R-N-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de Erídano, la Ballena (Cetus), el Escultor y el Fénix.
Synonyms
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 “Hornillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-R-N-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oɾˈniʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.