hisses
/ˈhɪsɪz/
"hisses" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hisses” is uncommon English (frequency #60,858 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,858
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of hiss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hisses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hisses” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hisses is uncommon English at frequency #60,858 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɪsɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of hiss".
hisses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is hisses, spelled H-I-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hiss
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 “hisses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-S-S-E-S - 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.