henge
/hɛnd͡ʒ/
"henge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“henge” is uncommon English (frequency #96,048 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,048
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index EN-henge · henge · English
henge · rank #96,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,048
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hemant
Nearest frequency peer: Hemant (-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 “henge”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- haymaker
haymaker
3,958 corpus weight
- Hellenism
Hellenism
3,955 corpus weight
- Hemant
Hemant
3,954 corpus weight
- henge
henge
3,953 corpus weight
- herbalism
herbalism
3,951 corpus weight
- hetman
hetman
3,950 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “henge” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “henge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
henge is uncommon English at frequency #96,048 among 2,646 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).