# Hiram

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhaɪɹəm/ · frequency rank #30,828

## Definitions
1. A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
2. A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.

## Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).

## Easily confused with
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hrm)
- **hire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hire)
- **hiya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hiya)
- **hora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hora)
- **hired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hired)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-horan)
- **him** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/him-vs-hiram)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ham-vs-hiram)
- **harm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harm-vs-hiram)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hara-vs-hiram)
- **Hera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hera-vs-hiram)
- **haram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haram-vs-hiram)
- **hijab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hijab-vs-hiram)
- **harem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harem-vs-hiram)
- **HIPAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hipaa-vs-hiram)
- **hilal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilal-vs-hiram)
- **Herat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hiram)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhiram`, `hiarm`, `hiramm`, `hirma`, `hirram`, `hriam`, `ihram`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hiram