huella

/[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,070

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

huella is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de hollar. Pronounced [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa]. It ranks #6,070 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hueva and Huila.

Key facts for huella
PropertyValue
Headwordhuella
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,070
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for huella is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,070 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for huella, with forms such as "heulla", "hhuella", and "huelal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "hueva", "Huila", "huelo", 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 huella, spelled H-U-E-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de hollar.
  2. 2
    Señal que deja el pie en el suelo que pisa.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, señal que deja una plancha de imprenta sobre la hoja de papel u otro soporte similar.
  4. 4
    Más generalmente, señal duradera que evidencia un proceso pasado.
  5. 5
    Evidencia o dato que sirve como base para una inferencia.
  6. 6
    Senda abierta por el paso frecuente.
  7. 7
    Danza folclórica de América del Sur, típica de Argentina, Bolivia, Chile y Uruguay, bailada a lo largo del siglo XIX y hoy casi extinta.
  8. 8
    Área de la superfice terrestre alcanzada por las transmisiones de un satélite.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: heulla,hhuella,huelal,hulela,uhella

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for huella

Misspelling Variants of "huella"

heulla6hhuella7huelal6hulela6uhella6
Misspelling Variants of "huella"

Frequency rank: #6,070 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "huella"?
"huella" is spelled H-U-E-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa].
What does "huella" mean?
As a noun, "huella" means: Acción o efecto de hollar.
What words are commonly confused with "huella"?
"huella" is commonly confused with "hueva", "Huila", "huelo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "huella"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huella" is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huella" come from?
"huella" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.