jíjole
[ˈxixole]
The verdict
“jíjole” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Variante enfática de híjole (expresa sorpresa, asombro, admiración, rechazo, bochorno, o una fuerte impresión del ánimo.).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jíjole |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈxixole] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jíjole” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jíjole is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxixole]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante enfática de híjole (expresa sorpresa, asombro, admiración, rechazo, bochorno, o una fuerte impresión del ánimo.).".
No misspelling variants are generated for jíjole in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 jíjole, spelled J-Í-J-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Variante enfática de híjole (expresa sorpresa, asombro, admiración, rechazo, bochorno, o una fuerte impresión del ánimo.).
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.
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Using “jíjole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-Í-J-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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