# hear vs huir

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### hear
*verb · IPA /hɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #41,395*
Oír.

### huir
*verb · IPA [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iɾ] · frequency rank #4,796*
Alejarse deprisa de un peligro.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/hear-vs-huir