hunger
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“hunger” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,833 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,833
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hambre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hunger · hunger · Spanish
hunger · rank #57,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,833
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH humillantes
Nearest frequency peer: humillantes (-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 “hunger”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- higa
higa
42,174 corpus weight
- hostigar
hostigar
42,172 corpus weight
- humillantes
humillantes
42,170 corpus weight
- hunger
hunger
42,168 corpus weight
- igualados
igualados
42,165 corpus weight
- ilegalidades
ilegalidades
42,164 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hunger” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hunger |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hunger” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hunger is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,833 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hambre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hunger, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is hunger, spelled H-U-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hambre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hunger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
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.
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