hoy
[ˈoj]
The verdict
“hoy” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #149) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el día en curso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hoy · hoy · Spanish
hoy · rank #149 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #149
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH estar
Nearest frequency peer: estar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hoy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sí
sí
99,855 corpus weight
- estaba
estaba
99,854 corpus weight
- estar
estar
99,853 corpus weight
- hoy
hoy
99,852 corpus weight
- tienen
tienen
99,851 corpus weight
- alguien
alguien
99,850 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hoy” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Dónde se sitúa “hoy” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hoy is neighbouring look-alikes ("hoz", "hub", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced [ˈoj]. Frequency #149 among 1,569 “H” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hoy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hoy fui al cine.
Hoy la Internet es utilizada por millones de personas en el mundo.
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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- "hoy" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hoz". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #149 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.