hoult

noun

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"hoult" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hoult” is uncommon English (frequency #87,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,378
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wood; copse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hoult · hoult · English

hoult · rank #87,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,378
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH houndstooth

Nearest frequency peer: houndstooth (+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 “hoult”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “hoult” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hoult
PropertyValue
Headwordhoult
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hoult” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).houltfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “houndstooth” (#87,379), “hotfix” (#87,376), “housebound” (#87,380). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hoult” is #87,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hoult is uncommon English at frequency #87,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wood; copse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hoult, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of holt. The correct English form is hoult, spelled H-O-U-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A wood; copse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hoult appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The nearest way seem'd best, o'er hoult and heath / We went, through deserts waste, and forests wide.

Etymology

Variant of holt.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hoult"?
"hoult" is spelled H-O-U-L-T.
What does "hoult" mean?
As a noun, "hoult" means: A wood; copse.
What is the origin of the word "hoult"?
Variant of holt. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hoult", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hijra#87,362injun#87,401grosz#87,339janky#87,417

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list