hardworking

Name: hardworking, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“hardworking” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,852
frequency rank, English: 2,646
“H” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hardworking · hardworking · English

hardworking · rank #19,852 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,852
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 2,646
PHOTO-FINISH hangar

Nearest frequency peer: hangar (-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.

greats

80,152
GUI

80,151
hangar

80,150
hardworking

80,149
hasty

80,147
Hathaway

80,146

What this shows “hardworking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for hardworking
Property	Value
Headword	hardworking
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#19,852
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hardworking”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).hardworkinglands here:

#19,852

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “hangar” (#19,851), “GUI” (#19,850), “hasty” (#19,854). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hardworking” is #19,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around hardworking, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,852 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for hardworking, with forms such as "ahrdworking", "hadrworking", and "harddworking". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From hard + working. The correct English form is hardworking, spelled H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hardworking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

“My team and manager are exceptional; they are hardworking, talented, and supportive,” noted one respondent. “The company as a whole really focuses on their employees and that is very important to me.”
It exacerbates homelessness, slows family formation, prevents workers from moving to opportunity and puts an enormous strain on the budgets of hardworking people.

Etymology

From hard + working.

This word in other languages

trabajador(Español)industrieux(Français)fleißig(Deutsch)trabalhador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ahrdworking
hadrworking
harddworking
hardowrking
hardwokring
hardworikng
hardworkign
hardworkingg
hardworkinng
hardworkking
hardworknig
hardworrking
hardwroking
hardwworking
harrdworking
harwdorking
hhardworking
hradworking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hardworking - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "hardworking"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hardworking"?

"hardworking" is spelled H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K-I-N-G.

What does "hardworking" mean?

As an adjective, "hardworking" means: Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

What are common misspellings of "hardworking"?

Common misspellings include "ahrdworking", "hadrworking", "harddworking", "hardowrking", "hardwokring". The correct spelling is "hardworking".

What is the origin of the word "hardworking"?

From hard + working. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hardworking", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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