hunger strike
"hunger-strike" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hunger strike” 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 May 6, 2026) - A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hunger strike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hunger strike” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hunger strike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.".
hunger strike has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hunger strike, spelled H-U-N-G-E-R- -S-T-R-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
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.
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Using “hunger strike”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-U-N-G-E-R- -S-T-R-I-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.