# hammerhead

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,686

## Definitions
1. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
2. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
3. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
4. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
5. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
6. A stupid person, a dunce.
7. A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
8. A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

## Etymology
From hammer + head.

## Easily confused with
- **hammered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hammered-vs-hammerhead)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ahmmerhead`, `hamemrhead`, `hamerhead`, `hammehread`, `hammerehad`, `hammerhaed`, `hammerheadd`, `hammerheda`, `hammerhhead`, `hammerrhead`, `hammrehead`, `hhammerhead`, `hmamerhead`

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