hiker
/ˈhaɪkɚ/
"hiker" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hiker” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,969
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who hikes, especially frequently.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hiker · hiker · English
hiker · rank #37,969 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,969
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hendrick
Nearest frequency peer: Hendrick (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hiker”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Hawes
Hawes
62,036 corpus weight
- hazelnut
hazelnut
62,035 corpus weight
- Hendrick
Hendrick
62,033 corpus weight
- hiker
hiker
62,032 corpus weight
- Hilbert
Hilbert
62,031 corpus weight
- homologous
homologous
62,029 corpus weight
What this shows “hiker” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪkɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hiker”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around hiker (IPA /ˈhaɪkɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,969 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who hikes, especially frequently.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hiker, with forms such as "hhiker", "hiekr", and "hikerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hire", "hive", "hoke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hike + -er. The correct English form is hiker, spelled H-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who hikes, especially frequently.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The mother looks over her shoulder, and the hiker could swear she gives the weaning calf a dirty look; the time has come for the young animal to enter moosehood, to stop living in two worlds, […]
On Taipa Island, there are two trails, the 2.2km Taipa Grande and 2.3km Taipa Pequena which take hikers to the two highest points of the island, offering a panoramic view of Macau. The Taipa Grande trail takes about 2? hours and can be reached through a short paved road off the Estrada Colonel Nicolau de Mesquita, near the United Chinese Cemetery. Adjacen…
Etymology
From hike + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhiker
- hiekr
- hikerr
- hikker
- hikre
- hkier
- ihker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hiker - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hiker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).