hulla

[ˈuʝa]

/[ˈuʝa]/ noun

The verdict

“hulla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,151 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,151
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un tipo de carbón fósil.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hulla · hulla · Spanish

hulla · rank #80,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,151
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH honro

Nearest frequency peer: honro (-2 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hulla”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hulla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hulla
PropertyValue
Headwordhulla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “hulla” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).hullacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “honro” (#80,149), “hojita” (#80,148), “Ibaraki” (#80,154). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hulla” va en #80,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hulla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,151 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un tipo de carbón fósil.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hulla in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 hulla, spelled H-U-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un tipo de carbón fósil.

This word in other languages

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 "hulla"?
"hulla" is spelled H-U-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuʝa].
What does "hulla" mean?
As a noun, "hulla" means: Un tipo de carbón fósil.
How do you pronounce "hulla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hulla" is [ˈuʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hulla" come from?
"hulla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list