hk

symbol

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,998

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hk is aFrenchsymbol. It means: Symbole du préfixe hectokilo-, signifiant 10⁵. Often confused with hp and Hs.

Key facts for hk
PropertyValue
Headwordhk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSymbol
Letters2
Frequency rank#24,998
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hk in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hk is 2 letters long, classified as asymbol. Corpus data places it at rank #24,998 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Symbole du préfixe hectokilo-, signifiant 10⁵.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for hk in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hp", "Hs", "hm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hk, spelled H-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Symbole du préfixe hectokilo-, signifiant 10⁵.

Frequency rank: #24,998 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hk"?
"hk" is spelled H-K.
What does "hk" mean?
As a symbol, "hk" means: Symbole du préfixe hectokilo-, signifiant 10⁵.
What words are commonly confused with "hk"?
"hk" is commonly confused with "hp", "Hs", "hm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "hk" come from?
"hk" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.