hearing-impaired
"hearing-impaired" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hearing-impaired” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hearing-impaired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hearing-impaired” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hearing-impaired is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.".
hearing-impaired doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is hearing-impaired, spelled H-E-A-R-I-N-G---I-M-P-A-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hearing-impaired”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-E-A-R-I-N-G---I-M-P-A-I-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.