Hinch
"hinch" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hinch” is uncommon English (frequency #73,262 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,262
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hinch · Hinch · English
Hinch · rank #73,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,262
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Highsmith
Nearest frequency peer: Highsmith (-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 “Hinch”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hedgerow
hedgerow
26,745 corpus weight
- Highsmith
Highsmith
26,740 corpus weight
- Hinch
Hinch
26,739 corpus weight
- Hodgins
Hodgins
26,734 corpus weight
- holing
holing
26,733 corpus weight
- holistically
holistically
26,732 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hinch” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hinch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hinch is uncommon English at frequency #73,262 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hinch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Hinch, spelled H-I-N-C-H.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.
- 3An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hinch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch had just inserted Zack Short to pinch-hit for Akil Baddoo, the type of chess-match move Hinch is making more than ever this season.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).