Hodder
"hodder" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hodder” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,283
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder
Corpus desk
Index EN-hodder · Hodder · English
Hodder · rank #48,283 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,283
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hobbled
Nearest frequency peer: hobbled (-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 “Hodder”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- histological
histological
51,721 corpus weight
- hobbled
hobbled
51,719 corpus weight
- Hodder
Hodder
51,718 corpus weight
- hooch
hooch
51,717 corpus weight
- Hsiao
Hsiao
51,716 corpus weight
- hysterics
hysterics
51,715 corpus weight
What this shows “Hodder” 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 | Hodder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hodder”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hodder, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,283 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hodder, with forms such as "hdoder", "hhodder", and "hodderr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "homer", "Hodge", "hover", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: (surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element … The correct English form is Hodder, spelled H-O-D-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder
- 2A river in Lancashire, England, tributary to the Ribble.
Etymology
(surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hdoder
- hhodder
- hodderr
- hoddre
- hodedr
- hoder
- ohdder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hodder - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hodder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).