# hardship

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/ · frequency rank #13,731

## Definitions
1. Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
2. A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.

## Etymology
From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ahrdship`, `hadrship`, `harddship`, `hardhsip`, `hardshhip`, `hardshipp`, `hardshpi`, `hardsihp`, `hardsship`, `harrdship`, `harsdhip`, `hhardship`, `hradship`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hardship