hewn
/hjuːn/
"hewn" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hewn” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,189
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hewn · hewn · English
hewn · rank #43,189 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,189
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH herbarium
Nearest frequency peer: herbarium (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hewn”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hCG
hCG
56,816 corpus weight
- headwaters
headwaters
56,815 corpus weight
- Hennessey
Hennessey
56,814 corpus weight
- herbarium
herbarium
56,813 corpus weight
- hewn
hewn
56,812 corpus weight
- honeysuckle
honeysuckle
56,810 corpus weight
What this shows “hewn” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hewn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /hjuːn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hewn”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hewn (IPA /hjuːn/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,189 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hewn, with forms such as "ehwn", "henw", and "hewnn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hn", "how", "hey", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Morphologically hew + -n. The correct English form is hewn, spelled H-E-W-N.
Definition
- 1Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- 2Having been cut or mown down.
Etymology
Morphologically hew + -n.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehwn
- henw
- hewnn
- hewwn
- hhewn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hewn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hewn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).