ray of hope

noun

"ray-of-hope" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ray of hope” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of glimmer of hope.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ray-of-hope · ray of hope · English

ray of hope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for ray of hope
PropertyValue
Headwordray of hope
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ray of hope” sits in English frequency

ray of hope 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.

Rare enough to double-check

ray of hope is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of glimmer of hope.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ray of hope, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is ray of hope, spelled R-A-Y- -O-F- -H-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of glimmer of hope.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ray of hope"?
"ray of hope" is spelled R-A-Y- -O-F- -H-O-P-E.
What does "ray of hope" mean?
As a noun, "ray of hope" means: Synonym of glimmer of hope.
What language does "ray of hope" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list