Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hogwarts

/ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
hog-warts
IPA
/ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

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Etymology

Coined by J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has speculated that she might have subconsciously produced the name from hogwort, a plant she saw when walking round Kew Gardens. Previously used by Geoffrey Willans in his 1953 book Down With Skool (which J. K. Rowling has read - see the article). Willans’ use was as the title of a fictitious play, “The Hogwarts”, referred to in the book as the creation of Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. In-universe, interpreted as a simple compound of hog + warts (cf. warthog).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/
  • British English: /ˈhɒɡ.wɔːts/

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Questions

How do you pronounce hogwarts?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/.
What does hogwarts mean?
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Where does hogwarts come from?
Coined by J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has speculated that she might have subconsciously produced the name from hogwort, a plant she saw when walking round Kew Gardens. Previously used by Geoffrey Willans in his 1953 book Down With Skool (which J. K. Rowling has read - see the article). Willans’ use was as the title of a fictitious play, “The Hogwarts”, referred to in the book as the creation of Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. In-universe, interpreted as a simple compound of hog + warts (cf. warthog).

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