# horrid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/ · frequency rank #20,134

## Definitions
1. Bristling, rough, rugged.
2. Causing horror or dread.
3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

## Easily confused with
- **horror** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horrid-vs-horror)
- **hybrid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horrid-vs-hybrid)
- **hurried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horrid-vs-hurried)
- **hoard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-horrid)
- **Harris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harris-vs-horrid)
- **horned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horrid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhorrid`, `horid`, `horird`, `horrdi`, `horridd`, `hrorid`, `ohrrid`

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