hodgepodge
/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/
"hodgepodge" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hodgepodge” is an uncommon English word, ranked #60,859 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,859
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hodgepodge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hodgepodge” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for hodgepodge is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #60,859 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.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hodgepodge in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivale… The correct English form is hodgepodge, spelled H-O-D-G-E-P-O-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- 2A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Etymology
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
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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 “hodgepodge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-D-G-E-P-O-D-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.