Hosokawa
"hosokawa" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hosokawa” is uncommon English (frequency #83,353 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,353
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hosokawa · Hosokawa · English
Hosokawa · rank #83,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,353
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hoorah
Nearest frequency peer: hoorah (-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 “Hosokawa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- homebuilding
homebuilding
16,654 corpus weight
- hoochie
hoochie
16,653 corpus weight
- hoofed
hoofed
16,652 corpus weight
- Hooman
Hooman
16,651 corpus weight
- hoorah
hoorah
16,650 corpus weight
- Hosokawa
Hosokawa
16,648 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hosokawa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hosokawa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hosokawa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hosokawa is uncommon English at frequency #83,353 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hosokawa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa). The correct English form is Hosokawa, spelled H-O-S-O-K-A-W-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hosokawa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).
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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