Hodgkinson
/ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnsən/
"hodgkinson" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hodgkinson” is uncommon English (frequency #62,973 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,973
- 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-hodgkinson · Hodgkinson · English
Hodgkinson · rank #62,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,973
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hobbling
Nearest frequency peer: hobbling (-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 “Hodgkinson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh
37,031 corpus weight
- Hispaniola
Hispaniola
37,030 corpus weight
- hobbling
hobbling
37,029 corpus weight
- Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson
37,028 corpus weight
- Hoey
Hoey
37,027 corpus weight
- holodeck
holodeck
37,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hodgkinson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hodgkinson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnsən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hodgkinson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hodgkinson is uncommon English at frequency #62,973 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnsən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hodgkinson in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hodgkin + -son from the given name Roger. The correct English form is Hodgkinson, spelled H-O-D-G-K-I-N-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From Hodgkin + -son from the given name Roger.
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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