hitz
"hitz" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hitz” is uncommon English (frequency #88,424 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,424
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Informal spelling of hits; plural of hit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hitz · hitz · English
hitz · rank #88,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,424
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH histologically
Nearest frequency peer: histologically (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hitz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hield
hield
11,581 corpus weight
- highlife
highlife
11,580 corpus weight
- histologica…
histologically
11,578 corpus weight
- hitz
hitz
11,577 corpus weight
- hok
hok
11,574 corpus weight
- Holderness
Holderness
11,573 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hitz” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hitz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hitz” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hitz is uncommon English at frequency #88,424 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Informal spelling of hits; plural of hit.".
hitz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: hit + -z. The correct English form is hitz, spelled H-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Informal spelling of hits; plural of hit.
Etymology
hit + -z.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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).
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.