hip joint
"hip-joint" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hip joint” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A joint formed where the pelvic acetabulum and the head of the femur meet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hip-joint · hip joint · English
hip joint · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hip joint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hip joint” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hip joint is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hip joint doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hip joint, spelled H-I-P- -J-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1A joint formed where the pelvic acetabulum and the head of the femur meet.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hip, joint; for example, hip joint, "cool establishment".
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hip joint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Total hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced with an artificial one.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.