# hitched vs Hitchens

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hitched
*verb · IPA /hɪt͡ʃt/ · frequency rank #33,675*
simple past and past participle of hitch

### Hitchens
*name · frequency rank #38,888*
A surname originating as a patronymic.

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