hard-working
adjective
hard-working is spelled H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. As an adjective, hard-working means “Alternative form of hardworking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hard-working?
| Letters | 11: H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce hard-working?
Hard-working has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with hard-working
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: hardworking (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hard-working
- more hard-working comparative
- harder-working comparative
- most hard-working superlative
- hardest-working superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hard-working mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of hardworking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).