hailstorm
"hailstorm" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hailstorm” is uncommon English (frequency #65,943 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,943
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of hail storm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hailstorm · hailstorm · English
hailstorm · rank #65,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,943
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Hada
Nearest frequency peer: Hada (-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 “hailstorm”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gulping
gulping
34,062 corpus weight
- Hada
Hada
34,059 corpus weight
- hailstorm
hailstorm
34,058 corpus weight
- haku
haku
34,057 corpus weight
- Halsted
Halsted
34,056 corpus weight
- Hambleton
Hambleton
34,055 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hailstorm” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hailstorm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hailstorm” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hailstorm is uncommon English at frequency #65,943 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of hail storm.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hailstorm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hail + storm. The correct English form is hailstorm, spelled H-A-I-L-S-T-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of hail storm.
Etymology
From hail + storm.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hailstorm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.