hosanna
/hoʊˈzænə/
"hosanna" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hosanna” is uncommon English (frequency #63,686 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,686
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the C...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hosanna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /hoʊˈzænə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hosanna” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hosanna is uncommon English at frequency #63,686 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /hoʊˈzænə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the C...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hosanna, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). The correct English form is hosanna, spelled H-O-S-A-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.
Etymology
From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”).
This word in other languages
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 “hosanna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-S-A-N-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /hoʊˈzænə/ (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.