hoyuelo
[oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo]
The verdict
“hoyuelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,475 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,475
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muesca visible causada por la piel subyacente, que se forma en las mejillas de algunas personas, sobre todo cuando sonríen.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hoyuelo · hoyuelo · Spanish
hoyuelo · rank #97,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,475
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH howl
Nearest frequency peer: howl (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hoyuelo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- horadada
horadada
2,531 corpus weight
- hostigados
hostigados
2,528 corpus weight
- howl
howl
2,527 corpus weight
- hoyuelo
hoyuelo
2,526 corpus weight
- Huberto
Huberto
2,524 corpus weight
- hus
hus
2,521 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hoyuelo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “hoyuelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hoyuelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,475 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oʝˈ(ɣ̞)w̝elo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hoyuelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
la cara de la niña de llenó de hoyuelos de amabilidad al decirle a Nat: —Ojalá te quedes ¡Nos divertimos tanto aquí!
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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