hosanna
/hoʊˈzænə/
"hosanna" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hosanna” is uncommon English (frequency #63,686 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,686
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index EN-hosanna · hosanna · English
hosanna · rank #63,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,686
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Honshu
Nearest frequency peer: Honshu (-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 “hosanna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hems
Hems
36,322 corpus weight
- her's
her's
36,320 corpus weight
- herringbone
herringbone
36,319 corpus weight
- Honshu
Honshu
36,316 corpus weight
- hosanna
hosanna
36,315 corpus weight
- hydrogenati…
hydrogenation
36,310 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hosanna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “hosanna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hosanna is uncommon English at frequency #63,686 among 2,646 “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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