Hamden
"hamden" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hamden” is uncommon English (frequency #67,495 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,495
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A number of places in the United States:
Corpus desk
Index EN-hamden · Hamden · English
Hamden · rank #67,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,495
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hags
Nearest frequency peer: hags (-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 “Hamden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gyros
gyros
32,510 corpus weight
- hags
hags
32,507 corpus weight
- Hamden
Hamden
32,506 corpus weight
- haploid
haploid
32,505 corpus weight
- hawn
hawn
32,503 corpus weight
- hearken
hearken
32,502 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hamden” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hamden” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hamden is uncommon English at frequency #67,495 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hamden, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a variant of Hampden. The correct English form is Hamden, spelled H-A-M-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1A number of places in the United States:
- 2A number of places in the United States:
- 3A number of places in the United States:
- 4A number of places in the United States:
- 5A number of places in the United States:
- 6A number of places in the United States:
- 7A surname.
Etymology
Probably a variant of Hampden.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.