hypocrisy
/hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/
"hypocrisy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypocrisy” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,074
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimu...
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypocrisy · hypocrisy · English
hypocrisy · rank #12,074 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,074
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hugely
Nearest frequency peer: hugely (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hypocrisy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hooks
hooks
87,931 corpus weight
- hugely
hugely
87,928 corpus weight
- hypocrisy
hypocrisy
87,927 corpus weight
- imagining
imagining
87,926 corpus weight
- inaccurate
inaccurate
87,925 corpus weight
- inception
inception
87,924 corpus weight
What this shows “hypocrisy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypocrisy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hypocrisy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around hypocrisy (IPA /hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,074 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hypocrisy, with forms such as "hhypocrisy", "hpyocrisy", and "hyopcrisy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hypocrite", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answ… The correct English form is hypocrisy, spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y.
Definition
- 1The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.
- 2The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.
- 3The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
- 4An instance of hypocrisy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hypocrisy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
political hypocrisy
He condemned the hypocrisy of politicians who broke their own laws.
Etymology
From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”) + -isy. Displaced native Old English līċettung.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhypocrisy
- hpyocrisy
- hyopcrisy
- hypcorisy
- hypoccrisy
- hypocirsy
- hypocrissy
- hypocrisyy
- hypocriys
- hypocrrisy
- hypocrsiy
- hyporcisy
- hyppocrisy
- hyypocrisy
- yhpocrisy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hypocrisy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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