hysterics
"hysterics" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hysterics” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,286
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of hysteria
Corpus desk
Index EN-hysterics · hysterics · English
hysterics · rank #48,286 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,286
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hsiao
Nearest frequency peer: Hsiao (-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 “hysterics”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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hobbled
51,719 corpus weight
- Hodder
Hodder
51,718 corpus weight
- hooch
hooch
51,717 corpus weight
- Hsiao
Hsiao
51,716 corpus weight
- hysterics
hysterics
51,715 corpus weight
- incriminate
incriminate
51,712 corpus weight
What this shows “hysterics” 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 | hysterics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hysterics”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around hysterics, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,286 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of hysteria".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hysterics, with forms such as "hhysterics", "hsyterics", and "hysetrics". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hysteria", "hysterical", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is hysterics, spelled H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of hysteria
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hysterics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics!
"How such swooning daughters can do it, constantly fainting and having hysterics, is a mystery to me," said Muriel Jane. "Ho, they're a pretty sly lot," said Silvander Dan.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhysterics
- hsyterics
- hysetrics
- hyssterics
- hysteircs
- hystercis
- hystericcs
- hystericss
- hysterisc
- hysterrics
- hystreics
- hystterics
- hytserics
- hyysterics
- yhsterics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hysterics - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).