Hecate
/ˈhɛkəti/
"hecate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hecate” is uncommon English (frequency #69,925 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,925
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hecate · Hecate · English
Hecate · rank #69,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,925
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hemorrhoid
Nearest frequency peer: hemorrhoid (+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 “Hecate”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- harmonise
harmonise
30,081 corpus weight
- hatreds
hatreds
30,078 corpus weight
- Hecate
Hecate
30,076 corpus weight
- hemorrhoid
hemorrhoid
30,075 corpus weight
- HMC
HMC
30,072 corpus weight
- Homan
Homan
30,071 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hecate” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hecate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛkəti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hecate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hecate is uncommon English at frequency #69,925 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɛkəti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hecate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reach… The correct English form is Hecate, spelled H-E-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
- 2100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter". Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”).
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.
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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.