hi-hat
"hi-hat" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hi-hat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pair of cymbals as part of a drum kit that clash together when actuated by the foot pedal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hi-hat · hi-hat · English
hi-hat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hi-hat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hi-hat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hi-hat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pair of cymbals as part of a drum kit that clash together when actuated by the foot pedal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hi-hat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is hi-hat, spelled H-I---H-A-T.
Definition
- 1A pair of cymbals as part of a drum kit that clash together when actuated by the foot pedal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hi-hat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This hi-hat drum beat sounds really cute!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.