huiña
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iɲa]
The verdict
“huiña” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Oncifelis guigna)Felino sudamericano que vive desde la Patagonia hasta los bosques templados del centro y sur de Chile y Argentina. Pesa entre 2 y 3 kg, mide de 39 a 52 cm, más la cola de 23 cm. S...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | huiña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iɲa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “huiña” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
huiña is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Oncifelis guigna)Felino sudamericano que vive desde la Patagonia hasta los bosques templados del centro y sur de Chile y Argentina. Pesa entre 2 y 3 kg, mide de 39 a 52 cm, más la cola de 23 cm. S...".
No misspelling variants are generated for huiña in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is huiña, spelled H-U-I-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1(Oncifelis guigna)Felino sudamericano que vive desde la Patagonia hasta los bosques templados del centro y sur de Chile y Argentina. Pesa entre 2 y 3 kg, mide de 39 a 52 cm, más la cola de 23 cm. Su pelaje espeso, largo y lanoso es de color café o café-rojizo con manchas oscuras, algunos ejemplares son completamente negros. Sus orejas negras tienen un pequeño dibujo blanco detrás, que simula un ojo en la oscuridad. Es una especie considerada vulnerable, es decir, que aun no está amenazada de extinción. Suele ser confundida con el gato montés o gato de Geoffroy (Oncifelis geoffroyi) en alguna áreas silvestres; del gato colocolo (Oncifelis colocolo) la diferencian su cola larga y menor tamaño.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “huiña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-U-I-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iɲa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.