hedonic
/ˈhiːdənɪk/
"hedonic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hedonic” is uncommon English (frequency #74,160 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,160
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to pleasure
Corpus desk
Index EN-hedonic · hedonic · English
hedonic · rank #74,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,160
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Heenan
Nearest frequency peer: Heenan (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “hedonic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- haver
haver
25,845 corpus weight
- Hazell
Hazell
25,844 corpus weight
- hbk
hbk
25,843 corpus weight
- hedonic
hedonic
25,841 corpus weight
- Heenan
Heenan
25,840 corpus weight
- heliport
heliport
25,838 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hedonic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hedonic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhiːdənɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hedonic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hedonic is uncommon English at frequency #74,160 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhiːdənɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hedonic in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἡδονικός (hēdonikós, “pleasant”), equivalent to Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ic. The correct English form is hedonic, spelled H-E-D-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to pleasure
- 2Pursuing pleasure in a devoted manner
- 3Of or relating to the hedonists or to hedonism
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡδονικός (hēdonikós, “pleasant”), equivalent to Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ic.
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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