Hussey
"hussey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hussey” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,346
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A habitational surname from Norman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hussey · Hussey · English
Hussey · rank #35,346 · 7 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,346
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH husk
Nearest frequency peer: husk (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Hussey”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- honking
honking
64,659 corpus weight
- hooters
hooters
64,657 corpus weight
- husk
husk
64,656 corpus weight
- Hussey
Hussey
64,655 corpus weight
- Iberian
Iberian
64,654 corpus weight
- implicate
implicate
64,651 corpus weight
What this shows “Hussey” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hussey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hussey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hussey, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,346 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A habitational surname from Norman.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hussey, with forms such as "hhussey", "hsusey", and "husesy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Huxley", "Huey", "husky", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye. The correct English form is Hussey, spelled H-U-S-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A habitational surname from Norman.
Etymology
From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhussey
- hsusey
- husesy
- husey
- husseyy
- hussye
- uhssey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hussey - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).