Hilson
/ˈhɪl.sən/
"hilson" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hilson” is uncommon English (frequency #83,342 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,342
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hilson · Hilson · English
Hilson · rank #83,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,342
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hilversum
Nearest frequency peer: Hilversum (+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 “Hilson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Heredia
Heredia
16,664 corpus weight
- Hestia
Hestia
16,663 corpus weight
- Hilson
Hilson
16,659 corpus weight
- Hilversum
Hilversum
16,658 corpus weight
- Hixon
Hixon
16,657 corpus weight
- Holywell
Holywell
16,655 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hilson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hilson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪl.sən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hilson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hilson is uncommon English at frequency #83,342 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɪl.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hilson in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Hilson, spelled H-I-L-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).