hectare
/ˈhɛk.tɛə/
"hectare" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hectare” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,086
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical fe...
Corpus desk
Index EN-hectare · hectare · English
hectare · rank #25,086 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,086
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hereford
Nearest frequency peer: Hereford (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hectare”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gurney
gurney
74,920 corpus weight
- handball
handball
74,917 corpus weight
- hectare
hectare
74,915 corpus weight
- Hereford
Hereford
74,914 corpus weight
- hickey
hickey
74,913 corpus weight
- hijack
hijack
74,912 corpus weight
What this shows “hectare” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hectare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛk.tɛə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hectare”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hectare (IPA /ˈhɛk.tɛə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,086 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical fe...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hectare, with forms such as "ehctare", "hcetare", and "hecatre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hector", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are. The correct English form is hectare, spelled H-E-C-T-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hectare appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With careful planning almost anyone can turn the dream of owning a small farm or a few hectares of country land into a reality.
One hectare (about 2.5 acres) of forest cleared and converted to ranchland or crops produces a piece of land worth, on average, $200 to $500.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehctare
- hcetare
- hecatre
- hecctare
- hectaer
- hectarre
- hectrae
- hecttare
- hetcare
- hhectare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hectare - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).