hardest
/ˈhɑːdɪst/
"hardest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hardest” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,055
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hardest · hardest · English
hardest · rank #6,055 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,055
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH genuinely
Nearest frequency peer: genuinely (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hardest”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fig
fig
93,949 corpus weight
- fitting
fitting
93,948 corpus weight
- genuinely
genuinely
93,947 corpus weight
- hardest
hardest
93,946 corpus weight
- Holland
Holland
93,945 corpus weight
- hunger
hunger
93,943 corpus weight
What this shows “hardest” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hardest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhɑːdɪst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hardest”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around hardest (IPA /ˈhɑːdɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,055 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hardest, with forms such as "ahrdest", "hadrest", and "harddest". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hares", "harvest", "harness", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hardest, spelled H-A-R-D-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hardest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diamond is the hardest natural material.
The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrdest
- hadrest
- harddest
- hardesst
- hardestt
- hardets
- hardset
- haredst
- harrdest
- hhardest
- hradest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hardest - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hardest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).