himnovshumanoConfusable pair

Quick tell: himno is a noun, humano is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“himno” is a noun and “humano” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,908
“himno” frequency rank
#1,018
“humano” frequency rank
5926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature himno humano
Definition En la Antigüedad, composición poética que se hacía para honrar a los dioses o héroes, o para celebrar un suceso memorable Que pertenece o concierne a la especie llamada Homo sapiens, esto es, al hombre y a la mujer como especie.

Where the eye mixes himno and humano

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
himno
6 ch
humano

Look-alike desk: himno vs humano

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: himno is [ˈĩmno] while humano is [uˈmano]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

himno is recorded at frequency rank #4,908, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈĩmno]. humano is at rank #1,018, tagged as anadj, pronounced [uˈmano].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 5926, this pair ranks #312,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of himno vs humano

Shared letters: hmno. Private to "himno": i. Private to "humano": au.

"himno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "humano" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • himnohhimno · himmno · himnno · himon · hinmo · hmino · ihmno
  • humanohhumano · hmuano · huamno · humanno · humaon · hummano · humnao · uhmano

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "himno" and "humano" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "himno" is a noun and "humano" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "himno" or "humano"?
"humano" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,018 in our Spanish list, against #4,908 for "himno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "himno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "humano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "himno" and "humano" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hiena vs himno". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #312,273 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list