hexes
/ˈhɛksɪz/
"hexes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hexes” is uncommon English (frequency #77,764 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,764
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of hex
Corpus desk
Index EN-hexes · hexes · English
hexes · rank #77,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,764
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH HEPA
Nearest frequency peer: HEPA (-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 “hexes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- heliocentric
heliocentric
22,240 corpus weight
- HEPA
HEPA
22,238 corpus weight
- hexes
hexes
22,237 corpus weight
- hierarchica…
hierarchically
22,236 corpus weight
- Hieronymus
Hieronymus
22,235 corpus weight
- Hillingdon
Hillingdon
22,234 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hexes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hexes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛksɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hexes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hexes is uncommon English at frequency #77,764 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɛksɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of hex".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hexes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is hexes, spelled H-E-X-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hex
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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