hymnal
/ˈhɪmnəl/
"hymnal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hymnal” is uncommon English (frequency #64,432 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,432
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
| 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) |
Where “hymnal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hymnal is uncommon English at frequency #64,432 among 23,837 “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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Using “hymnal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-Y-M-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.