husmo
[ˈusmo]
The verdict
“husmo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Olor que emanan las cosas como la carne cuando éstas llegan a cocinarse, o cuando empiezan a descomponerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-husmo · husmo · Spanish
husmo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | husmo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈusmo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “husmo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
husmo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈusmo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Olor que emanan las cosas como la carne cuando éstas llegan a cocinarse, o cuando empiezan a descomponerse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for husmo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is husmo, spelled H-U-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Olor que emanan las cosas como la carne cuando éstas llegan a cocinarse, o cuando empiezan a descomponerse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how husmo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El otro bramaba como un toro bravo que ha tomado el husmillo de la sangre del matadero.
Durante este tiempo asaban al pájaro, el cual cocía y amarilleaba asándose; el jugo del pájaro goteaba, fluía por todas partes, tenía un husmo muy suave.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.