Hodgkins
/ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/
"hodgkins" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hodgkins” is uncommon English (frequency #79,590 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,590
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hodgkins · Hodgkins · English
Hodgkins · rank #79,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,590
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hoda
Nearest frequency peer: Hoda (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hodgkins”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- histologic
histologic
20,415 corpus weight
- Hoda
Hoda
20,412 corpus weight
- Hodgkins
Hodgkins
20,411 corpus weight
- Holtzman
Holtzman
20,410 corpus weight
- homebuyer
homebuyer
20,409 corpus weight
- homeware
homeware
20,408 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hodgkins” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hodgkins |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hodgkins” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hodgkins is uncommon English at frequency #79,590 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hodgkins in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hodgkin + -s from the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s. The correct English form is Hodgkins, spelled H-O-D-G-K-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, named after Jefferson Hodgkins.
Etymology
From Hodgkin + -s from the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).