hammock
/ˈhæmək/
"hammock" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hammock” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,182
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hammock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhæmək/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hammock” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around hammock (IPA /ˈhæmək/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,182 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hammock, with forms such as "ahmmock", "hammcok", and "hammocck". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Hammond", "Hancock", "hemlock", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering the… The correct English form is hammock, spelled H-A-M-M-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- 2A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmmock
- hammcok
- hammocck
- hammockk
- hammokc
- hamock
- hamomck
- hhammock
- hmamock
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hammock - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “hammock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-M-M-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhæmək/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Hammond” - see the side-by-side comparison. hammock vs Hammond
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.