Hestia
/ˈhɛsti.ə/
"hestia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hestia” is uncommon English (frequency #83,338 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,338
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hestia · Hestia · English
Hestia · rank #83,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,338
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Heredia
Nearest frequency peer: Heredia (-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 “Hestia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hendy
hendy
16,667 corpus weight
- herby
herby
16,666 corpus weight
- herdsman
herdsman
16,665 corpus weight
- Heredia
Heredia
16,664 corpus weight
- Hestia
Hestia
16,663 corpus weight
- Hilson
Hilson
16,659 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hestia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hestia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛsti.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hestia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hestia is uncommon English at frequency #83,338 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɛsti.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hestia, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”). The correct English form is Hestia, spelled H-E-S-T-I-A.
Definition
- 1The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
- 246 Hestia, a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).
Synonyms
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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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