# hick vs Hicks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hick
*noun · IPA /hɪk/ · frequency rank #40,736*
An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.

### Hicks
*name · IPA /hɪks/ · frequency rank #13,530*
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard.

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