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 May 6, 2026) - A joint formed where the pelvic acetabulum and the head of the femur meet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hip joint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hip joint” sits in English frequency
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".
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.
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Using “hip joint”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-I-P- -J-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.