# horde

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɔːd/ · frequency rank #21,541

## Definitions
1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
2. A large number of people or things.

## Etymology
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Doublet of orda and Urdu.

## Easily confused with
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horn)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hose)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hyde)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-howe)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hove)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hurd)
- **house** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-house)
- **horse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horse)
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horns)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horny)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-howie)
- **howdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-howdy)
- **Horus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horus)
- **horst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horst)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hoyle)
- **horses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horses)
- **hurdle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hurdle)
- **hornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-hornet)
- **horned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horned)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horner)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhorde`, `hodre`, `hordde`, `hored`, `horrde`, `ohrde`

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