henge
/hɛnd͡ʒ/
"henge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“henge” is uncommon English (frequency #96,048 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,048
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the e...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | henge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɛnd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “henge” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
henge is uncommon English at frequency #96,048 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hɛnd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
henge has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from Stonehenge, although it is not strictly a henge. The correct English form is henge, spelled H-E-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
- 2A stone circle.
Etymology
Back-formation from Stonehenge, although it is not strictly a henge.
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 “henge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-E-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /hɛnd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.