hackles
/ˈhækəlz/
"hackles" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hackles” is uncommon English (frequency #75,932 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,932
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of hackle
Corpus desk
Index EN-hackles · hackles · English
hackles · rank #75,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,932
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Habibi
Nearest frequency peer: Habibi (-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 “hackles”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Guernica
Guernica
24,074 corpus weight
- gumby
gumby
24,073 corpus weight
- Habibi
Habibi
24,070 corpus weight
- hackles
hackles
24,069 corpus weight
- Halleck
Halleck
24,066 corpus weight
- hallucinogen
hallucinogen
24,065 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hackles” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hackles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhækəlz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hackles” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hackles is uncommon English at frequency #75,932 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhækəlz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of hackle".
Zero misspellings are on record for hackles in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is hackles, spelled H-A-C-K-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hackle
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 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.