huso

/[ˈuso]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,172

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

huso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus extremos. En torno a él va enrollándose la hebra hilada mientras se hace girar apoyado en una d... Pronounced [ˈuso]. Often confused with huy and hut.

Key facts for huso
PropertyValue
Headwordhuso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuso]
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,172
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of huso in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for huso is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuso]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,172 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus extremos. En torno a él va enrollándose la hebra hilada mientras se hace girar apoyado en una d...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for huso, with forms such as "hhuso", "hsuo", and "huos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "huy", "hut", "huyó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is huso, spelled H-U-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus extremos. En torno a él va enrollándose la hebra hilada mientras se hace girar apoyado en una de sus puntas. Para darle contrapeso se añade una pieza circular llamada nuez, tortera o volante.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhuso,hsuo,huos,husso,uhso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for huso

Misspelling Variants of "huso"

hhuso5hsuo4huos4husso5uhso4
Misspelling Variants of "huso"

Frequency rank: #38,172 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "huso"?
"huso" is spelled H-U-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuso].
What does "huso" mean?
As a noun, "huso" means: Objeto que sirve para hilar. Usualmente es un trozo de madera largo y redondeado, que se aguza en sus extremos. En torno a él va enrollándose la hebra hilada mientras se hace girar apoyado en una d...
What words are commonly confused with "huso"?
"huso" is commonly confused with "huy", "hut", "huyó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "huso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huso" is [ˈuso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huso" come from?
"huso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.