Huxtable
/ˈhʌkstəbəl/
"huxtable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Huxtable” is uncommon English (frequency #68,304 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,304
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Old English, now most associated with the upper middle class black family on The Cosby Show.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Huxtable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌkstəbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Huxtable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Huxtable is uncommon English at frequency #68,304 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhʌkstəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old English, now most associated with the upper middle class black family on The Cosby Show.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Huxtable, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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: Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”). The correct English form is Huxtable, spelled H-U-X-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English, now most associated with the upper middle class black family on The Cosby Show.
Etymology
Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).
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 “Huxtable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-X-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhʌkstəbəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.