hurricane
/ˈhʌɹɪkən/
"hurricane" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hurricane” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,059
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hurricane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌɹɪkən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hurricane” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around hurricane (IPA /ˈhʌɹɪkən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,059 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hurricane, with forms such as "hhurricane", "hruricane", and "huricane". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā. The correct English form is hurricane, spelled H-U-R-R-I-C-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
- 2A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
- 3A great forceful onrush.
- 4A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
Etymology
Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhurricane,hruricane,huricane,hurircane,hurrciane,hurriacne,hurricaen,hurricanne,hurriccane,hurricnae,uhrricane
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hurricane - 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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Using “hurricane”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-R-R-I-C-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhʌɹɪkən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.