# Hackett

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,483

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.
3. A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.

## Etymology
Several etymologies:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett.
* English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack.
* From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller.
* It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.

## Easily confused with
- **hacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacked-vs-hackett)
- **hacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacker-vs-hackett)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahckett`, `hacckett`, `hacektt`, `hacket`, `hackkett`, `hacktet`, `hakcett`, `hcakett`, `hhackett`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hackett