Hx
"hx" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hx” is uncommon English (frequency #60,166 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,166
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of history.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hx · Hx · English
Hx · rank #60,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,166
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hydrocodone
Nearest frequency peer: hydrocodone (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hx”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hothouse
hothouse
39,838 corpus weight
- houseguest
houseguest
39,837 corpus weight
- Hx
Hx
39,835 corpus weight
- hydrocodone
hydrocodone
39,834 corpus weight
- hyphenated
hyphenated
39,833 corpus weight
- hypnotherapy
hypnotherapy
39,832 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hx” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #60,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hx” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hx is uncommon English at frequency #60,166 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of history.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hx in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Dx (“diagnosis”). The correct English form is Hx, spelled H-X.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of history.
Etymology
Formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Dx (“diagnosis”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.