Howth
/hoʊθ/
"howth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Howth” is uncommon English (frequency #99,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,378
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
Corpus desk
Index EN-howth · Howth · English
Howth · rank #99,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,378
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH HPP
Nearest frequency peer: HPP (+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 “Howth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hooghly
Hooghly
628 corpus weight
- hookahs
hookahs
627 corpus weight
- Houle
Houle
625 corpus weight
- Howth
Howth
623 corpus weight
- HPP
HPP
622 corpus weight
- huggable
huggable
619 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Howth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Howth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /hoʊθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Howth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Howth is uncommon English at frequency #99,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /hoʊθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Howth, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse hǫfuð (“head(land)”). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and head. The correct English form is Howth, spelled H-O-W-T-H.
Definition
- 1A coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
- 2A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From Old Norse hǫfuð (“head(land)”). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and head.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).