hart
/hɑːt/
"hart" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hart” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,692
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hart · hart · English
hart · rank #6,692 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,692
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH harper
Nearest frequency peer: harper (-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 “hart”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- freaking
freaking
93,312 corpus weight
- gloves
gloves
93,311 corpus weight
- harper
harper
93,310 corpus weight
- hart
hart
93,309 corpus weight
- ignorance
ignorance
93,308 corpus weight
- ignoring
ignoring
93,307 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hart” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɑːt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hart” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hart (IPA /hɑːt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,692 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hart, with forms such as "ahrt", "harrt", and "hartt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HR", "has", "her", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“hor… The correct English form is hart, spelled H-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
- 2The meat from this animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled, Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles, And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops: Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.
Then, finding Herds of luſtie Deare, / She Huntreſſe-like the Hart purſues; […]
Etymology
From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot. Cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrt
- harrt
- hartt
- hatr
- hhart
- hrat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hart - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "hart", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.