# heck

> English word · Interjection · IPA /hɛk/ · frequency rank #6,916

## Definitions
1. Hell.

## Etymology
Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.

## Easily confused with
- **HK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hk)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-her)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hey)
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hes)
- **heh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-heh)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hen)
- **hee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hee)
- **hem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hem)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-het)
- **HRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hrc)
- **Hel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hel)
- **hep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hep)
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hed)
- **hew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hew)
- **hic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hic)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-here)
- **help** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-help)
- **held** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-held)
- **hell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hell)
- **hero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hero)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehck`, `hcek`, `hecck`, `heckk`, `hekc`, `hheck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heck