hori
"hori" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hori” is uncommon English (frequency #53,604 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,604
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Māori.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hori · hori · English
hori · rank #53,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,604
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH howitzer
Nearest frequency peer: howitzer (+2 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 “hori”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hermeneutics
hermeneutics
46,402 corpus weight
- Hittite
Hittite
46,400 corpus weight
- hori
hori
46,397 corpus weight
- howitzer
howitzer
46,395 corpus weight
- hugger
hugger
46,393 corpus weight
- Humvee
Humvee
46,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hori” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hori |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hori” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hori is uncommon English at frequency #53,604 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Māori.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hori, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Māori Hōri (“George”), itself from English George. The correct English form is hori, spelled H-O-R-I.
Definition
- 1A Māori.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hori appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I'm a typical hori after all, made to work on the chain, or be a factory hand, not try for high places.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori Hōri (“George”), itself from English George.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).