hiena

/ˈje.nɐ/

//ˈje.nɐ// noun

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The verdict

“hiena” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,994
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamífero, carnívoro, feroz e devorador de carne putrefacta

Corpus desk

Index PT-hiena · hiena · Portuguese

hiena · rank #30,994 · 6 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,994
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH infortúnio

Nearest frequency peer: infortúnio (+11 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “hiena”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “hiena” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hiena vs hino
60% similar
hiena vs hera
60% similar
hiena vs hidra
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hiena
PropertyValue
Headwordhiena
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈje.nɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,994
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “hiena”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.hienacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “infortúnio” (#31,005), “insensato” (#31,009), “interventor” (#31,013). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hiena” fica em #30,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hiena (IPA /ˈje.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,994 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mamífero, carnívoro, feroz e devorador de carne putrefacta".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hiena, with forms such as "heina", "hhiena", and "hiean". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hino", "hera", "hidra", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is hiena, spelled H-I-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero, carnívoro, feroz e devorador de carne putrefacta

This word in other languages

hyena(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • heina
  • hhiena
  • hiean
  • hienna
  • hinea
  • ihena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hiena - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

heina2hhiena1hiean2hienna1hinea2ihena2
Edit distance from "hiena"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hiena"?
"hiena" is spelled H-I-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈje.nɐ/.
What does "hiena" mean?
As a noun, "hiena" means: mamífero, carnívoro, feroz e devorador de carne putrefacta
What words are commonly confused with "hiena"?
"hiena" is commonly confused with "hino", "hera", "hidra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hiena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hiena" is /ˈje.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hiena" come from?
"hiena" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hiena", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coiso#30,884apart#30,820vitro#31,195write#31,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

peck6 variantscarrão6 variantsávido6 variantsadido6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list