# Hicks

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɪks/ · frequency rank #13,530

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard.
2. A placename:
3. A placename:

## Etymology
From Hick + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-his)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hits)
- **hike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hike)
- **hips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hips)
- **hiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hiss)
- **hock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hock)
- **huck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-huck)
- **hills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hills)
- **hints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hints)
- **hides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hides)
- **hooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hooks)
- **hikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hikes)
- **hives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hives)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hines)
- **Higgs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-higgs)
- **husks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-husks)
- **hocus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hicks-vs-hocus)
- **hic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hic-vs-hicks)
- **hack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hack-vs-hicks)
- **heck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heck-vs-hicks)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hciks`, `hhicks`, `hiccks`, `hickks`, `hickss`, `hicsk`, `hikcs`, `ihcks`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hicks