hard-wearing
"hard-wearing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hard-wearing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hard-wearing · hard-wearing · English
hard-wearing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hard-wearing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hard-wearing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hard-wearing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hard-wearing, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hard + wearing. The correct English form is hard-wearing, spelled H-A-R-D---W-E-A-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hard-wearing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years.
Etymology
From hard + wearing.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.