# Hilo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,257

## Definitions
1. The largest town on the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii County, Hawaii, located at the eastern corner of the island.

## Etymology
From Hawaiian Hilo, of uncertain etymology but possibly related to hilo (“to twist”).

## Easily confused with
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-ho)
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-his)
- **him** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-him)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hit)
- **hip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hip)
- **HIV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hiv)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hoo)
- **hin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hin)
- **HMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hmo)
- **hold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hold)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-holy)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hole)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hits)
- **hire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hire)
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hint)
- **hull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hull)
- **hips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hips)
- **Hugo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hugo)
- **hulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hulk)
- **holt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-holt)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hhilo`, `hillo`, `hiol`, `hlio`, `ihlo`

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