hoy
[ˈoj]
The verdict
“hoy” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #149 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En el día en curso.
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 | hoy |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈoj] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hoy” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hoy is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoj]. Corpus data places it at rank #149 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
hoy has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hoz", "hub", "hui", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is hoy, spelled H-O-Y.
Definition
- 1En el día en curso.
- 2En el tiempo que transcurre actualmente.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 “hoy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoj] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hoz” - see the side-by-side comparison. hoy vs hoz
- 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.