hueso

[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso]

/[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso]/ noun

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The verdict

“hueso” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,316
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Material con el que están hechos los esqueletos de la mayoría de los animales vertebrados. Está compuesto principalmente de carbonato de calcio, fosfato de calcio y colágeno.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hueso · hueso · Spanish

hueso · rank #5,316 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,316
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH hipótesis

Nearest frequency peer: hipótesis (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hueso”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “hueso” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hueso vs Hugo
40% similar
hueso vs humo
60% similar
hueso vs huyó
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hueso
PropertyValue
Headwordhueso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,316
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hueso”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.huesocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “hipótesis” (#5,315), “humedad” (#5,317), “hacerla” (#5,314). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hueso” va en #5,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around hueso (IPA [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,316 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hueso, with forms such as "heuso", "hhueso", and "hueos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hugo", "humo", "huyó", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hueso, spelled H-U-E-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Material con el que están hechos los esqueletos de la mayoría de los animales vertebrados. Está compuesto principalmente de carbonato de calcio, fosfato de calcio y colágeno.
  2. 2
    Cualquiera de los componentes de un endoesqueleto, hecho de hueso₁.
  3. 3
    Envoltura muy dura de celulosa, que se encuentra en el centro de algunos frutos (drupas) y contiene la semilla, como en la ciruela y el durazno.
  4. 4
    Despojos mortales de un ser humano.
  5. 5
    Puesto de trabajo de nivel medio o alto en una organización.
  6. 6
    Espectáculo o chiste muy malo.
  7. 7
    Persona mezquina o tacaña.
  8. 8
    Artículo muy difícil de vender, ya sea porque no satisface necesidades, está pasado de moda, no tiene utilidad práctica o es de mala calidad.
  9. 9
    Por extensión, negocio que no es rentable, que no produce beneficios o que no tiene clientes ni ventas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hueso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Las hormonas que regulan el metabolismo del calcio, por ello llamadas calciotropas, son la vitamina D, la parathormona y la calcitonina. Junto a ellas se deben considerar las hormonas del ovario, que cuando faltan favorecerán la destrucción ósea y el paso de calcio del hueso a la sangre».
  2. El ex gobernador ya consiguió nuevo hueso.

Synonyms

carozocuescopepa

This word in other languages

bone(English)os(Français)Knochen(Deutsch)osso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • heuso
  • hhueso
  • hueos
  • huseo
  • uheso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hueso - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

heuso2hhueso1hueos2huseo2uheso2
Edit distance from "hueso"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hueso"?
"hueso" is spelled H-U-E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso].
What does "hueso" mean?
As a noun, "hueso" means: Material con el que están hechos los esqueletos de la mayoría de los animales vertebrados. Está compuesto principalmente de carbonato de calcio, fosfato de calcio y colágeno.
What words are commonly confused with "hueso"?
"hueso" is commonly confused with "Hugo", "humo", "huyó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hueso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hueso" is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hueso" come from?
"hueso" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hueso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list