# hatred

> English word · Noun · IPA /hetɹɪd/ · frequency rank #6,580

## Definitions
1. A strong aversion; an intense dislike.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **hired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-hired)
- **Havre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-havre)
- **heated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-heated)
- **hatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-hatter)
- **hotbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-hotbed)
- **hard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hard-vs-hatred)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hate-vs-hatred)
- **hare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hare-vs-hatred)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hatred)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hates-vs-hatred)
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hater-vs-hatred)
- **harem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harem-vs-hatred)
- **hares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hares-vs-hatred)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hatred)
- **hacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacked-vs-hatred)
- **haired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haired-vs-hatred)
- **hanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hatred)
- **halted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halted-vs-hatred)
- **hailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailed-vs-hatred)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmed-vs-hatred)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahtred`, `harted`, `haterd`, `hatrde`, `hatredd`, `hatrred`, `hattred`, `hhatred`, `htared`

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