hibachi
"hibachi" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hibachi” is uncommon English (frequency #82,382 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,382
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hibachi · hibachi · English
hibachi · rank #82,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,382
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH heteronormati…
Nearest frequency peer: heteronormative (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hibachi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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hayfield
17,624 corpus weight
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17,623 corpus weight
- Hesperia
Hesperia
17,621 corpus weight
- heteronorma…
heteronormative
17,620 corpus weight
- hibachi
hibachi
17,619 corpus weight
- histopathol…
histopathology
17,618 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hibachi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hibachi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hibachi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hibachi is uncommon English at frequency #82,382 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hibachi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”). The correct English form is hibachi, spelled H-I-B-A-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.
- 2A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki. This terminology is virtually unknown in Japan.
- 3The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan.
Etymology
c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hibachi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.