hula

/[ˈula]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,989

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

hula is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de hular. Pronounced [ˈula].

Key facts for hula
PropertyValue
Headwordhula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈula]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hula is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈula]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,989 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for hula in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 hula, spelled H-U-L-A, 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 presente de indicativo de hular.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de hular.

Frequency rank: #50,989 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hula"?
"hula" is spelled H-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈula].
What does "hula" mean?
As a verb, "hula" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de hular.
How do you pronounce "hula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hula" is [ˈula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hula" come from?
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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.