# hart

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɑːt/ · frequency rank #6,692

## Definitions
1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
2. The meat from this animal.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hr)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-has)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-her)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hit)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hot)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hat)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hay)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hut)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-het)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-haw)
- **HRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hrc)
- **HDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hdr)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hur)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hav)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hrt)
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hrm)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hor)
- **HRW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hrw)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-have)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-here)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahrt`, `harrt`, `hartt`, `hatr`, `hhart`, `hrat`

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