hammy
"hammy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hammy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,963
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of ham.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hammy · hammy · English
hammy · rank #49,963 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,963
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hackathon
Nearest frequency peer: hackathon (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hammy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- guttural
guttural
50,042 corpus weight
- gyroscope
gyroscope
50,041 corpus weight
- hackathon
hackathon
50,039 corpus weight
- hammy
hammy
50,038 corpus weight
- handedness
handedness
50,037 corpus weight
- Handley
Handley
50,035 corpus weight
What this shows “hammy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | hammy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hammy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hammy, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,963 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hammy, with forms such as "ahmmy", "hammyy", and "hamy". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hmm", "hay", "harm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ham + -y. The correct English form is hammy, spelled H-A-M-M-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of ham.
- 2Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hammy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then again this is Mayfair. A big, rustling bowl of deep-fried squid with a salty chilli kick cost £7.50; a generous pile of jamon croquetas, the shells giving way to something creamy and intensely hammy within, was 50p less.
Jack Crawford: I’m Special Agent Jack Crawford. I lead the Behavioral Science Unit. Will Graham: We’ve met. Jack Crawford: Yes, we had a disagreement about the museum when we opened it. Will Graham: I disagreed with what you named it. Jack Crawford: The Evil Minds Research Museum? Will Graham: It’s a little hammy, Jack.
Etymology
From ham + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmmy
- hammyy
- hamy
- hamym
- hhammy
- hmamy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hammy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hammy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).