hansom
"hansom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hansom” is uncommon English (frequency #91,595 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,595
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of Hansom cab.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hansom · hansom · English
hansom · rank #91,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,595
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hardscrabble
Nearest frequency peer: hardscrabble (+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 “hansom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hajar
Hajar
8,410 corpus weight
- halligan
halligan
8,409 corpus weight
- hansom
hansom
8,406 corpus weight
- hardscrabble
hardscrabble
8,405 corpus weight
- haveing
haveing
8,402 corpus weight
- heartbreaki…
heartbreakingly
8,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hansom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hansom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hansom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hansom is uncommon English at frequency #91,595 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ellipsis of Hansom cab.".
hansom doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hansom, spelled H-A-N-S-O-M.
Definition
- 1Ellipsis of Hansom cab.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hansom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll's house.
"Yes, if you have nothing better to do." A minute later we were both in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).