Hippocrates
/hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/
"hippocrates" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hippocrates” is uncommon English (frequency #52,996 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,996
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hippocrates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hippocrates” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hippocrates is uncommon English at frequency #52,996 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father ...".
Hippocrates has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras. The correct English form is Hippocrates, spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-R-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.
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); 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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Using “Hippocrates”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-I-P-P-O-C-R-A-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.