humos

[ˈumos]

/[ˈumos]/ noun

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The verdict

“humos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,181
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valoración o concepto exageradamente alto que una persona tiene de sí misma o de su posición social, y por lo cual tiende a menospreciar a otros.

Corpus desk

Index ES-humos · humos · Spanish

humos · rank #24,181 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,181
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH holly

Nearest frequency peer: holly (-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 “humos”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “humos” 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).

humos vs huyó
40% similar
humos vs huso
60% similar
humos vs humus
80% similar

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

Key facts for humos
PropertyValue
Headwordhumos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈumos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,181
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “humos”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).humoscae 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 “holly” (#24,180), “húmedas” (#24,182), “hindúes” (#24,179). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “humos” va en #24,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around humos (IPA [ˈumos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,181 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for humos, with forms such as "hhumos", "hmuos", and "hummos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "huyó", "huso", "humus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 humos, spelled H-U-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Valoración o concepto exageradamente alto que una persona tiene de sí misma o de su posición social, y por lo cual tiende a menospreciar a otros.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de hogares o casas.

Synonyms

altivezarroganciaengreimientoínfulaspresunciónvanidad

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumos
  • hmuos
  • hummos
  • humoss
  • humso
  • huoms
  • uhmos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhumos1hmuos2hummos1humoss1humso2huoms2uhmos2
Edit distance from "humos"

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 "humos"?
"humos" is spelled H-U-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈumos].
What does "humos" mean?
As a noun, "humos" means: Valoración o concepto exageradamente alto que una persona tiene de sí misma o de su posición social, y por lo cual tiende a menospreciar a otros.
What words are commonly confused with "humos"?
"humos" is commonly confused with "huyó", "huso", "humus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humos" is [ˈumos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humos" come from?
"humos" 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 "humos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

holly#24,180gaste#24,165galés#24,163fuman#24,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fisco7 variantsdudan7 variantsDoris7 variantsmozos7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list