hookahs
"hookahs" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hookahs” is uncommon English (frequency #99,374 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,374
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of hookah
Corpus desk
Index EN-hookahs · hookahs · English
hookahs · rank #99,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hooghly
Nearest frequency peer: Hooghly (-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 “hookahs”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- homoeopathic
homoeopathic
632 corpus weight
- hoodwink
hoodwink
629 corpus weight
- Hooghly
Hooghly
628 corpus weight
- hookahs
hookahs
627 corpus weight
- Houle
Houle
625 corpus weight
- Howth
Howth
623 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hookahs” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hookahs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hookahs” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hookahs is uncommon English at frequency #99,374 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of hookah".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hookahs, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hookahs, spelled H-O-O-K-A-H-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hookah
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hookahs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sale of part of his property cleared the rest. A large portion of his income was put aside to accumulate. Horses, pictures, wines, bijouterie, German meerschaum, and Turkish hookahs, were alike brought to the hammer.
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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