hundredweight
"hundredweight" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hundredweight” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
Corpus desk
Index EN-hundredweight · hundredweight · English
hundredweight · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hundredweight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hundredweight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hundredweight is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
hundredweight has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: 16th century, from hundred + weight. The correct English form is hundredweight, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-W-E-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
- 2A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
- 3A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
- 4A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hundredweight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The hundredweight of 112 avoirdupois lbs. becomes general in the period before me, and is employed for the commoner kinds of materials.
Etymology
16th century, from hundred + weight.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.