huevo

/[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,667

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

huevo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo unicelular, de forma esférica u elíptica, que aloja al embrión de numerosas especies de animales invertebrados, así como de peces, reptiles y aves durante la primera fase de su desarrollo, p... Pronounced [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o]. It ranks #2,667 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Hugo and humo.

Key facts for huevo
PropertyValue
Headwordhuevo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,667
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for huevo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,667 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for huevo, with forms such as "heuvo", "hhuevo", and "huebo". 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, "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 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 huevo, spelled H-U-E-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuerpo unicelular, de forma esférica u elíptica, que aloja al embrión de numerosas especies de animales invertebrados, así como de peces, reptiles y aves durante la primera fase de su desarrollo, proporcionándole los compuestos nutritivos que éste necesita.
  2. 2
    Sustancia de este cuerpo, usada para la alimentación.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, cuerpo cualquiera de forma ovoide.
  4. 4
    Célula resultante de la fecundación de los gametos en la reproducción sexual en su forma más temprana, que devendrá en el embrión.
  5. 5
    Gameto que aporta el miembro femenino en la reproducción sexual.
  6. 6
    Testículo.
  7. 7
    Tarea de difícil o ardua solución.
  8. 8
    Persona de escasa inteligencia.
  9. 9
    Gran cantidad de una cosa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: heuvo,hhuevo,huebo,hueov,huevvo,huveo,uhevo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for huevo

Misspelling Variants of "huevo"

heuvo5hhuevo6huebo5hueov5huevvo6huveo5uhevo5
Misspelling Variants of "huevo"

Frequency rank: #2,667 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "huevo"?
"huevo" is spelled H-U-E-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o].
What does "huevo" mean?
As a noun, "huevo" means: Cuerpo unicelular, de forma esférica u elíptica, que aloja al embrión de numerosas especies de animales invertebrados, así como de peces, reptiles y aves durante la primera fase de su desarrollo, p...
What words are commonly confused with "huevo"?
"huevo" 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 "huevo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huevo" is [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝eβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huevo" come from?
"huevo" 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.