hamsa
/ˈhæm.sə/
"hamsa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hamsa” is uncommon English (frequency #94,928 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,928
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Hand of Fatima.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hamsa · hamsa · English
hamsa · rank #94,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,928
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hardheaded
Nearest frequency peer: hardheaded (+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 “hamsa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- haloperidol
haloperidol
5,077 corpus weight
- Halsall
Halsall
5,076 corpus weight
- Hammonds
Hammonds
5,075 corpus weight
- hamsa
hamsa
5,073 corpus weight
- hardheaded
hardheaded
5,072 corpus weight
- Hasse
Hasse
5,068 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hamsa” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hamsa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhæm.sə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hamsa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hamsa is uncommon English at frequency #94,928 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhæm.sə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Hand of Fatima.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hamsa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew חַמְסָה (khámsa), from Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, “five”), used among Jews of Arabic origin for the fingers on the hand. The correct English form is hamsa, spelled H-A-M-S-A.
Definition
- 1The Hand of Fatima.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew חַמְסָה (khámsa), from Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, “five”), used among Jews of Arabic origin for the fingers on the hand.
This word in other languages
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 5 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.