hillside
/ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/
"hillside" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hillside” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,627
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The side of a hill.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hillside · hillside · English
hillside · rank #17,627 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,627
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hearty
Nearest frequency peer: hearty (-2 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 “hillside”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- guerrilla
guerrilla
82,378 corpus weight
- gutter
gutter
82,377 corpus weight
- hearty
hearty
82,376 corpus weight
- hillside
hillside
82,374 corpus weight
- HMS
HMS
82,372 corpus weight
- Hodges
Hodges
82,371 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hillside” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hillside |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hillside” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hillside (IPA /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,627 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The side of a hill.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hillside, with forms such as "hhillside", "hillisde", and "hillsdie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hill + side. The correct English form is hillside, spelled H-I-L-L-S-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1The side of a hill.
Etymology
From hill + side.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhillside
- hillisde
- hillsdie
- hillsidde
- hillsied
- hillsside
- hilside
- hilslide
- hlilside
- ihllside
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hillside - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "hillside", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.