hames
"hames" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hames” is uncommon English (frequency #88,407 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,407
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mess.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hames · hames · English
hames · rank #88,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,407
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Harlech
Nearest frequency peer: Harlech (+2 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 “hames”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gulden
gulden
11,599 corpus weight
- Gyles
Gyles
11,597 corpus weight
- hames
hames
11,594 corpus weight
- Harlech
Harlech
11,592 corpus weight
- Haughey
Haughey
11,589 corpus weight
- hazed
hazed
11,587 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hames” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hames |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hames” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hames is uncommon English at frequency #88,407 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mess.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hames, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right. The correct English form is hames, spelled H-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1A mess.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hames appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.
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 5 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.