# hemp

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɛmp/ · frequency rank #16,726

## Definitions
1. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
2. Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
3. The gallows.

## Etymology
From Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

## Easily confused with
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hp)
- **hm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hm)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-her)
- **him** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-him)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hey)
- **hip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hip)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hop)
- **hmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hmm)
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hes)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hum)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hen)
- **HMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hms)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-het)
- **hep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hep)
- **Hom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hom)
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hrm)
- **HMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hmo)
- **hew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-hew)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-here)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hemp-vs-home)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehmp`, `hemmp`, `hempp`, `hepm`, `hhemp`, `hmep`

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