hymnal
/ˈhɪmnəl/
"hymnal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hymnal” is uncommon English (frequency #64,432 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,432
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hymnal · hymnal · English
hymnal · rank #64,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,432
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hutcheson
Nearest frequency peer: Hutcheson (-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 “hymnal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hominid
hominid
35,573 corpus weight
- Hutcheson
Hutcheson
35,570 corpus weight
- hymnal
hymnal
35,569 corpus weight
- hypothalamic
hypothalamic
35,568 corpus weight
- ignoramus
ignoramus
35,566 corpus weight
- imaginative…
imaginatively
35,565 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hymnal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hymnal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪmnəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hymnal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hymnal is uncommon English at frequency #64,432 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɪmnəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection of hymns; a hymn book.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hymnal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hymnale, from Medieval Latin hymnāle, noun use of neuter of hymnālis. The correct English form is hymnal, spelled H-Y-M-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Etymology
From Middle English hymnale, from Medieval Latin hymnāle, noun use of neuter of hymnālis.
Synonyms
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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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).