Humphrey
/ˈhʌmfɹi/
"humphrey" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Humphrey” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,768
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-humphrey · Humphrey · English
Humphrey · rank #14,768 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,768
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH inbox
Nearest frequency peer: inbox (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Humphrey”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- getaway
getaway
85,237 corpus weight
- glamour
glamour
85,236 corpus weight
- Humphrey
Humphrey
85,233 corpus weight
- inbox
inbox
85,232 corpus weight
- incidentally
incidentally
85,231 corpus weight
- infinitely
infinitely
85,230 corpus weight
What this shows “Humphrey” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Humphrey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌmfɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Humphrey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Humphrey (IPA /ˈhʌmfɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,768 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Humphrey, with forms such as "hhumphrey", "hmuphrey", and "humhprey". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Humphreys", "Humphries", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Name of a 9th-century French saint, brought to England by Normans; Proto-Germanic *unnaną (“to grant, bestow”) + *friþuz (“peace”). In Ireland it has been used to Anglicize Irish Amhlaoibh (= Olaf). The correct English form is Humphrey, spelled H-U-M-P-H-R-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Humphrey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I neuer ſaw but Humfrey Duke of Gloſter, / Did beare him like a Noble Gentleman: […]
"Hump?" I asked. "Humphrey, really. But everybody calls him Hump. I know a lot of people who avoid calling him by his first name. For a long time people didn't think it was quite proper. But nowadays nobody seems to mind. What's happening to the power of words, Benny? Time was I used to blush at the words scrawled on fences, and now I hear them—everywhere…
Etymology
Name of a 9th-century French saint, brought to England by Normans; Proto-Germanic *unnaną (“to grant, bestow”) + *friþuz (“peace”). In Ireland it has been used to Anglicize Irish Amhlaoibh (= Olaf).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumphrey
- hmuphrey
- humhprey
- hummphrey
- humphery
- humphhrey
- humphreyy
- humphrrey
- humphrye
- humpphrey
- humprhey
- hupmhrey
- uhmphrey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Humphrey - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).