# difficult vs difficulty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### difficult
*adjective · IPA /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ · frequency rank #903*
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

### difficulty
*noun · IPA /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ · frequency rank #4,078*
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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