# hiked vs Hines

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hiked
*verb · IPA /haɪkt/ · frequency rank #30,826*
simple past and past participle of hike

### Hines
*name · IPA /haɪnz/ · frequency rank #26,113*
A surname from Irish.

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