hemp
/hɛmp/
"hemp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hemp” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,726
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hemp · hemp · English
hemp · rank #16,726 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,726
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH helium
Nearest frequency peer: helium (-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 “hemp”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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83,279 corpus weight
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83,278 corpus weight
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83,276 corpus weight
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83,275 corpus weight
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83,274 corpus weight
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83,272 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hemp” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hemp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɛmp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hemp” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hemp (IPA /hɛmp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,726 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hemp, with forms such as "ehmp", "hemmp", and "hempp". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HP", "hm", "her", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas. The correct English form is hemp, spelled H-E-M-P.
Definition
- 1A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- 2Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
- 3The gallows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hemp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Among Turks, pills consisting of hemp buds, muscat nuts, saffron, and honey were a popular aphrodisiac.
A hundred and fifty years ago, Cotton Mather bewails the carnal attractions of the tavern and the training field, and tells of an old Indian, who imperfectly understood the English tongue but desperately mastered enough of it to express a desire for instant hemp rather than listen to any more ghostly consolations.
Etymology
From Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehmp
- hemmp
- hempp
- hepm
- hhemp
- hmep
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hemp - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hemp", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "hemp". Here's where to go from here.
- "hemp" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "HP". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,726 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
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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.