Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatnote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hat-note
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.

Example Sentences

"If a reader searches for dioxin, she arrives at this article. The too-long hatnote on this page probably befuddled many readers looking for the Wikipedia article Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins."
"A hatnote on this default page points readers to the disambiguation page if they're looking for articles using a different meaning of the term."

Etymology

From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.

Inflected Forms

hatnotes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

endnote footnote headnote

Synonyms

headnote

Questions

What does hatnote mean?: A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.
Where does hatnote come from?: From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.

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