hardtop
"hardtop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hardtop” is uncommon English (frequency #61,518 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,518
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The removable rigid roof of a convertible or sports car.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hardtop · hardtop · English
hardtop · rank #61,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,518
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Haring
Nearest frequency peer: Haring (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hardtop”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hallow
hallow
38,488 corpus weight
- hallucinato…
hallucinatory
38,487 corpus weight
- hanky
hanky
38,485 corpus weight
- hardtop
hardtop
38,483 corpus weight
- Haring
Haring
38,482 corpus weight
- Hartigan
Hartigan
38,481 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hardtop” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hardtop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hardtop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hardtop is uncommon English at frequency #61,518 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hardtop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hard + top. The correct English form is hardtop, spelled H-A-R-D-T-O-P.
Definition
- 1The removable rigid roof of a convertible or sports car.
- 2A car with such a roof.
- 3An indoor cinema with a roof, as opposed to a drive-in.
Etymology
From hard + top.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hardtop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.