Hecuba
/ˈhɛkjʊbə/
"hecuba" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hecuba” is uncommon English (frequency #99,351 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,351
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hecuba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛkjʊbə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hecuba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hecuba is uncommon English at frequency #99,351 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɛkjʊbə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hecuba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē). The correct English form is Hecuba, spelled H-E-C-U-B-A.
Definition
- 1the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra
Etymology
From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).
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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Using “Hecuba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-E-C-U-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.