hatred
/ˈheɪtɹɪd/noun
hatred is spelled H-A-T-R-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hatred means “A strong aversion; an intense dislike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hatred is hatreds.
How many letters and syllables are in hatred?
| Letters | 6: H-A-T-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hatred?
Hatred appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hatred?
- US /ˈheɪtɹɪd/
- UK /ˈheɪtɹɪd
- UK ˈheɪtɹəd/
Hatred has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hatred.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hatred?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hatred (/eɪtɹɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: thread, dearth.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hatred
- hatreds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hatred mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hatred in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strong aversion:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hatred come from?
From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).