fishhook
/ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/
"fishhook" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fishhook” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fishhook |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fishhook” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fishhook is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fishhook, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card. The correct English form is fishhook, spelled F-I-S-H-H-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
- 2A jack (type of playing card).
Etymology
From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
This word in other languages
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 “fishhook”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-S-H-H-O-O-K - 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.