# hammock

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæmək/ · frequency rank #24,182

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A 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.”

## Easily confused with
- **Hammond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hammock-vs-hammond)
- **Hancock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hammock-vs-hancock)
- **hemlock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hammock-vs-hemlock)
- **haddock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haddock-vs-hammock)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahmmock`, `hammcok`, `hammocck`, `hammockk`, `hammokc`, `hamock`, `hamomck`, `hhammock`, `hmamock`

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