hanko
noun
hanko is spelled H-A-N-K-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hanko means “A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hanko is hankos.
How many letters and syllables are in hanko?
| Letters | 5: H-A-N-K-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hanko?
Hanko appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hanko?
Hanko has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with hanko?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hanko.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hanok.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hanko
- hankos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hanko mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hanko come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 版行(はんこ) (hanko).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).