huss
/ˈhʌs/
"huss" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“huss” is uncommon English (frequency #68,303 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,303
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dogfish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | huss |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌs/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “huss” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
huss is uncommon English at frequency #68,303 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhʌs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dogfish.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for huss in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown; originally (15th-16th century) also spelled husk. The correct English form is huss, spelled H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1A dogfish.
Etymology
Unknown; originally (15th-16th century) also spelled husk.
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 “huss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-S-S - 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.