Hodder
"hodder" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hodder” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,283 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,283
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder
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) |
Where “Hodder” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Hodder is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,283 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “Hodder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-D-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “homer” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hodder vs homer
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.