hardtack
noun
hardtack is spelled H-A-R-D-T-A-C-K: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hardtack means “A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hardtack is hardtacks.
How many letters and syllables are in hardtack?
| Letters | 8: H-A-R-D-T-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hardtack?
Hardtack appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hardtack?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hardtack.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hardtack
- hardtacks plural
- hard tack
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hardtack mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
Meronym: reefer's nut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hardtack in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hard biscuit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | biscuit de mer, galette |
| German | Hartkeks, Schiffszwieback, Zwieback |
| Portuguese | biscoito de bordo, biscoito de navio, biscoito do mar |
| Spanish | galleta náutica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hardtack come from?
From hard + tack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).