hustings
/ˈhʌstɪŋz/
"hustings" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hustings” is uncommon English (frequency #59,457 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,457
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hustings · hustings · English
hustings · rank #59,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,457
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hutcherson
Nearest frequency peer: Hutcherson (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “hustings”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- horsemanship
horsemanship
40,548 corpus weight
- housewarming
housewarming
40,547 corpus weight
- hustings
hustings
40,544 corpus weight
- Hutcherson
Hutcherson
40,543 corpus weight
- hypoxic
hypoxic
40,542 corpus weight
- IIB
IIB
40,541 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hustings” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hustings |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌstɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hustings” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hustings is uncommon English at frequency #59,457 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhʌstɪŋz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hustings has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally the plural of husting, later construed as a singular. The correct English form is hustings, spelled H-U-S-T-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
- 2An election campaign.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hustings appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.
Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.
Etymology
Originally the plural of husting, later construed as a singular.
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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