meat hook

noun

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"meat-hook" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meat hook” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.

Key facts for meat hook
PropertyValue
Headwordmeat hook
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meat hook” sits in English frequency

meat hook falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for meat hook is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for meat hook 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is meat hook, spelled M-E-A-T- -H-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
  2. 2
    One's hands or arms.

This word in other languages

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meat hook"?
"meat hook" is spelled M-E-A-T- -H-O-O-K.
What does "meat hook" mean?
As a noun, "meat hook" means: A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
What language does "meat hook" come from?
"meat hook" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “meat hook”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-E-A-T- -H-O-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list