hijinks
"hijinks" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hijinks” is uncommon English (frequency #72,388 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,388
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of high jinks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hijinks · hijinks · English
hijinks · rank #72,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,388
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hig
Nearest frequency peer: hig (-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 “hijinks”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- headedness
headedness
27,619 corpus weight
- headship
headship
27,618 corpus weight
- heterocyclic
heterocyclic
27,616 corpus weight
- hig
hig
27,614 corpus weight
- hijinks
hijinks
27,613 corpus weight
- Holcombe
Holcombe
27,607 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hijinks” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hijinks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hijinks” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hijinks is uncommon English at frequency #72,388 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of high jinks.".
hijinks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hijinks, spelled H-I-J-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of high jinks.
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 "hijinks", 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.