# hoard

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɔɹd/ · frequency rank #21,540

## Definitions
1. A hidden supply or fund.
2. A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

## Etymology
From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).

## Easily confused with
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hor)
- **hod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hod)
- **hold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hold)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hour)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hood)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-horn)
- **hoax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hoax)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hurd)
- **hora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hora)
- **hours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hours)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hoped)
- **hound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hound)
- **how'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-how-d)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-horde)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-holed)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-honed)
- **Hoare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hoare)
- **Howard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-howard)
- **Hobart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-hobart)
- **horrid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-horrid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`haord`, `hhoard`, `hoadr`, `hoardd`, `hoarrd`, `horad`, `ohard`

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