# hard vs HDD

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hard
*adjective · IPA [hɑː(ɹ)d] · frequency rank #8,386*
hart, fest

### HDD
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #35,227*
Abkürzung für hard disk drive

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hdd