Hackensack
/ˈhæ.kənˌsæk/
"hackensack" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hackensack” is uncommon English (frequency #52,974 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,974
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hackensack · Hackensack · English
Hackensack · rank #52,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,974
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Gómez
Nearest frequency peer: Gómez (-1 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 “Hackensack”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gracing
gracing
47,032 corpus weight
- gravest
gravest
47,031 corpus weight
- Gronkowski
Gronkowski
47,030 corpus weight
- Gómez
Gómez
47,028 corpus weight
- Hackensack
Hackensack
47,027 corpus weight
- hairstylist
hairstylist
47,026 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hackensack” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hackensack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhæ.kənˌsæk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hackensack” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hackensack is uncommon English at frequency #52,974 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhæ.kənˌsæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hackensack in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky. The correct English form is Hackensack, spelled H-A-C-K-E-N-S-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
- 2A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
- 3A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.
Etymology
Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.
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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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.