hubo

/[ˈuβ̞o]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#789

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hubo is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de haber. Pronounced [ˈuβ̞o]. It ranks #789 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hui and huy.

Key facts for hubo
PropertyValue
Headwordhubo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈuβ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#789
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hubo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hubo is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #789 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de haber.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for hubo, with forms such as "hbuo", "hhubo", and "hubbo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hui", "huy", "hun", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hubo, spelled H-U-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de haber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hbuo,hhubo,hubbo,huob,huvo,uhbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hubo

Misspelling Variants of "hubo"

hbuo4hhubo5hubbo5huob4huvo4uhbo4
Misspelling Variants of "hubo"

Frequency rank: #789 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hubo"?
"hubo" is spelled H-U-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuβ̞o].
What does "hubo" mean?
As a verb, "hubo" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de haber.
What words are commonly confused with "hubo"?
"hubo" is commonly confused with "hui", "huy", "hun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hubo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hubo" is [ˈuβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hubo" come from?
"hubo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.