health hazard

noun

"health-hazard" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“health hazard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that could potentially endanger a person's health.

Corpus desk

Index EN-health-hazard · health hazard · English

health hazard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for health hazard
PropertyValue
Headwordhealth hazard
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “health hazard” in English

health hazardsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

health hazard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Something that could potentially endanger a person's health.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for health hazard, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is health hazard, spelled H-E-A-L-T-H- -H-A-Z-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something that could potentially endanger a person's health.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how health hazard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The asbestos in those old school buildings is a health hazard.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "health hazard"?
"health hazard" is spelled H-E-A-L-T-H- -H-A-Z-A-R-D.
What does "health hazard" mean?
As a noun, "health hazard" means: Something that could potentially endanger a person's health.
What language does "health hazard" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list