hips
/hɪps/
"hips" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hips” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,761
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of hip
Corpus desk
Index EN-hips · hips · English
hips · rank #9,761 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,761
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hid
Nearest frequency peer: hid (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hips”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hesitate
hesitate
90,242 corpus weight
- hid
hid
90,241 corpus weight
- hips
hips
90,240 corpus weight
- hopeful
hopeful
90,239 corpus weight
- horny
horny
90,238 corpus weight
- Hungarian
Hungarian
90,237 corpus weight
What this shows “hips” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hips |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɪps/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hips”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hips (IPA /hɪps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,761 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of hip".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hips, with forms such as "hhips", "hipps", and "hipss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HP", "his", "hit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hips, spelled H-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hip
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhips
- hipps
- hipss
- hisp
- hpis
- ihps
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hips - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).