hoyuelo
[oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo]
The verdict
“hoyuelo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #97,475 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #97,475
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo cuando sonríen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hoyuelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hoyuelo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hoyuelo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,475 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo cuando sonríen.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hoyuelo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 hoyuelo, spelled H-O-Y-U-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo cuando sonríen.
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 “hoyuelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-Y-U-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo] (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.