hateful
/ˈheɪtfəl/
"hateful" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hateful” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,556
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Evoking a feeling of hatred.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hateful · hateful · English
hateful · rank #14,556 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,556
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hardened
Nearest frequency peer: hardened (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hateful”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- halted
halted
85,448 corpus weight
- harden
harden
85,447 corpus weight
- hardened
hardened
85,446 corpus weight
- hateful
hateful
85,445 corpus weight
- haunting
haunting
85,444 corpus weight
- hepatitis
hepatitis
85,442 corpus weight
What this shows “hateful” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | hateful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈheɪtfəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hateful”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hateful (IPA /ˈheɪtfəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,556 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hateful, with forms such as "ahteful", "haetful", and "hatefful". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hopeful", "handful", "harmful", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful. The correct English form is hateful, spelled H-A-T-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Evoking a feeling of hatred.
- 2Dislikeable.
- 3Full of hatred.
- 4Bigoted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hateful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. »
Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
Etymology
From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahteful
- haetful
- hatefful
- hateflu
- hatefull
- hateufl
- hatfeul
- hatteful
- hhateful
- htaeful
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hateful - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).