Habakkuk
/həˈbæk.ək/
"habakkuk" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Habakkuk” is uncommon English (frequency #91,588 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,588
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-habakkuk · Habakkuk · English
Habakkuk · rank #91,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,588
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Hajar
Nearest frequency peer: Hajar (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Habakkuk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Guinan
Guinan
8,421 corpus weight
- gyp
gyp
8,417 corpus weight
- Habakkuk
Habakkuk
8,413 corpus weight
- Hajar
Hajar
8,410 corpus weight
- halligan
halligan
8,409 corpus weight
- hansom
hansom
8,406 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Habakkuk” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Habakkuk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /həˈbæk.ək/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Habakkuk” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Habakkuk is uncommon English at frequency #91,588 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /həˈbæk.ək/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Habakkuk in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”). The correct English form is Habakkuk, spelled H-A-B-A-K-K-U-K.
Definition
- 1A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
- 2A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
- 3A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.