Hems
"hems" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hems” is uncommon English (frequency #63,679 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,679
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dated form of Homs: a city in Syria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hems |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hems” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hems is uncommon English at frequency #63,679 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dated form of Homs: a city in Syria.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hems, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 Ottoman Turkish حمص (Hıms) and Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). The correct English form is Hems, spelled H-E-M-S.
Definition
- 1Dated form of Homs: a city in Syria.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حمص (Hıms) and Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).
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 “Hems”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-E-M-S - 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.