brick in one's hat
"brick-in-one-s-hat" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brick in one's hat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Drunkenness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brick in one's hat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brick in one's hat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brick in one's hat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drunkenness.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for brick in one's hat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: US, circa 1846. Presumably due to staggering walk when drunk; compare top-heavy with drink. The correct English form is brick in one's hat, spelled B-R-I-C-K- -I-N- -O-N-E-'-S- -H-A-T.
Definition
- 1Drunkenness.
Etymology
US, circa 1846. Presumably due to staggering walk when drunk; compare top-heavy with drink.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “brick in one's hat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-C-K- -I-N- -O-N-E-'-S- -H-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.