Hamp
"hamp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hamp” is uncommon English (frequency #72,376 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,376
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hamp · Hamp · English
Hamp · rank #72,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,376
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hallowell
Nearest frequency peer: Hallowell (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hamp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hagerty
Hagerty
27,628 corpus weight
- Hairston
Hairston
27,627 corpus weight
- Hallowell
Hallowell
27,626 corpus weight
- Hamp
Hamp
27,625 corpus weight
- Hanako
Hanako
27,624 corpus weight
- headedness
headedness
27,619 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hamp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hamp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hamp is uncommon English at frequency #72,376 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Hamp doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe. The correct English form is Hamp, spelled H-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2Nickname for Hampshire: a county of England.
- 3Nickname for New Hampshire: a state of the United States.
Etymology
* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).