Hammurabi
"hammurabi" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hammurabi” is uncommon English (frequency #80,512 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,512
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - the sixth king of Babylon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hammurabi · Hammurabi · English
Hammurabi · rank #80,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,512
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hame
Nearest frequency peer: hame (-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 “Hammurabi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hafner
Hafner
19,494 corpus weight
- Hailsham
Hailsham
19,493 corpus weight
- hame
hame
19,490 corpus weight
- Hammurabi
Hammurabi
19,489 corpus weight
- hapa
hapa
19,488 corpus weight
- harasser
harasser
19,487 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hammurabi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hammurabi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hammurabi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hammurabi is uncommon English at frequency #80,512 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the sixth king of Babylon.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hammurabi in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Akkadian 𒁹𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 (/Ḫammurapi/), from Amorite *ʿAmmurāpi, a compound *ʿammu (“father”) + *āpi (“healer”). The correct English form is Hammurabi, spelled H-A-M-M-U-R-A-B-I.
Definition
- 1the sixth king of Babylon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hammurabi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He gave a copy to his son Marduk, who passed it on to Hammurabi.
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒁹𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 (/Ḫammurapi/), from Amorite *ʿAmmurāpi, a compound *ʿammu (“father”) + *āpi (“healer”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.