freehub
noun
freehub is a noun meaning “A type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets, mounted onto a splined shaft of the hub to engage…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-H-U-B, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freehub is freehubs.
What does freehub mean?
noun
- 1
A type of bicycle hub incorporating a ratcheting mechanism, with a cassette, or set of sprockets, mounted onto a splined shaft of the hub to engage the chain.
In many high-end and midrange bicycles, freehubs have replaced freewheel systems.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freehub
- freehubs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freehub?
Freehub appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does freehub come from?
From free + hub, genericized trademark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).