# hickey vs Hicks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hickey
*noun · IPA /ˈhɪk.i/ · frequency rank #25,088*
A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.

### 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/hickey-vs-hicks