# hyacinth

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/ · frequency rank #40,287

## Definitions
1. Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
2. A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.

## Etymology
From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.

## Common misspellings (13)
`haycinth`, `hhyacinth`, `hyaccinth`, `hyacinht`, `hyacinnth`, `hyacinthh`, `hyacintth`, `hyacitnh`, `hyacnith`, `hyaicnth`, `hycainth`, `hyyacinth`, `yhacinth`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hyacinth