Humphry

name

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"humphry" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Humphry” is uncommon English (frequency #69,939 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,939
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Corpus desk

Index EN-humphry · Humphry · English

Humphry · rank #69,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,939
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hutson

Nearest frequency peer: Hutson (+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 “Humphry”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Humphry
PropertyValue
HeadwordHumphry
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,939
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Humphry” 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).Humphryfalls 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: “Hutson” (#69,941), “Horrocks” (#69,935), “horrendously” (#69,934). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “Humphry” is #69,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Humphry is uncommon English at frequency #69,939 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Humphry, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: A less common spelling of Humphrey. The correct English form is Humphry, spelled H-U-M-P-H-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. 2
    A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology

A less common spelling of Humphrey.

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 "Humphry"?
"Humphry" is spelled H-U-M-P-H-R-Y.
What does "Humphry" mean?
As a proper noun, "Humphry" means: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
What is the origin of the word "Humphry"?
A less common spelling of Humphrey. 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 "Humphry", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

honeyed#69,932hatreds#69,923Hanbury#69,914gristle#69,904

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list