Hickson
/ˈhɪk.sən/
"hickson" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hickson” is uncommon English (frequency #62,967 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,967
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hickson · Hickson · English
Hickson · rank #62,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,967
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hesitancy
Nearest frequency peer: hesitancy (-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 “Hickson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Herkimer
Herkimer
37,037 corpus weight
- hesitancy
hesitancy
37,035 corpus weight
- Hickson
Hickson
37,034 corpus weight
- hieroglyphic
hieroglyphic
37,033 corpus weight
- Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh
37,031 corpus weight
- Hispaniola
Hispaniola
37,030 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hickson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hickson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪk.sən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hickson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hickson is uncommon English at frequency #62,967 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɪk.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hickson, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hick + -son. Doublet of Higson. The correct English form is Hickson, spelled H-I-C-K-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2An unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
Etymology
From Hick + -son. Doublet of Higson.
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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