# Hitchens

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,888

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From a medieval diminutive form of Hitch + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **Hutchins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitchens-vs-hutchins)
- **hitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitchens-vs-hitching)
- **hitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitched-vs-hitchens)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hhitchens`, `hicthens`, `hitcchens`, `hitcehns`, `hitchenns`, `hitchenss`, `hitchesn`, `hitchhens`, `hitchnes`, `hithcens`, `hittchens`, `htichens`, `ihtchens`

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