Hathor
"hathor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hathor” is uncommon English (frequency #76,836 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,836
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hathor · Hathor · English
Hathor · rank #76,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,836
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Hati
Nearest frequency peer: Hati (+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 “Hathor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Harewood
Harewood
23,171 corpus weight
- Hashemi
Hashemi
23,167 corpus weight
- Hathor
Hathor
23,165 corpus weight
- Hati
Hati
23,164 corpus weight
- Haugen
Haugen
23,163 corpus weight
- Herculaneum
Herculaneum
23,160 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hathor” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hathor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hathor” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hathor is uncommon English at frequency #76,836 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hathor, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅθωρ (Háthōr), from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr O10-C9. The correct English form is Hathor, spelled H-A-T-H-O-R.
Definition
- 1The goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅθωρ (Háthōr), from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr O10-C9.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 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.