hurto

[ˈuɾt̪o]

/[ˈuɾt̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“hurto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,047
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de hurtar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hurto · hurto · Spanish

hurto · rank #22,047 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,047
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH híbridos

Nearest frequency peer: híbridos (+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 “hurto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “hurto” 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).

hurto vs hut
60% similar
hurto vs huyó
40% similar
hurto vs huso
60% similar

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

Key facts for hurto
PropertyValue
Headwordhurto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuɾt̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,047
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hurto”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).hurtocae 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 “híbridos” (#22,048), “hormona” (#22,045), “húngaros” (#22,049). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hurto” va en #22,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around hurto (IPA [ˈuɾt̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,047 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 hurto, with forms such as "hhurto", "hruto", and "hurot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hut", "huyó", "huso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hurto, spelled H-U-R-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de hurtar.
  2. 2
    Cosa que se ha hurtado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hurto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. E los que son obligados a restituçion son los siguientes y los çinco dellos sienpre son obligados: el primero es del que manda a alguno robar, el segundo el que da consentimiento para la rapina, el terçero el que es resçebidor de ladrones y les da ayuda para ello, el quarto el que partiçipa en el hurto y se aconpanna con algund ladron para despojar y resç…
  2. Otrosi que no lleven sentençias de ningun hurto sin que sean condenados por sentençia pasada ni cosa judgada e la parte quien reçibiere el hurto sea primeramente contenta e pagada del hurto.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhurto
  • hruto
  • hurot
  • hurrto
  • hurtto
  • hutro
  • uhrto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhurto1hruto2hurot2hurrto1hurtto1hutro2uhrto2
Edit distance from "hurto"

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 "hurto"?
"hurto" is spelled H-U-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuɾt̪o].
What does "hurto" mean?
As a noun, "hurto" means: Acción o efecto de hurtar.
What words are commonly confused with "hurto"?
"hurto" is commonly confused with "hut", "huyó", "huso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hurto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hurto" is [ˈuɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hurto" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list