# hundred

> English word · Numeral · IPA /ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ · frequency rank #2,000

## Definitions
1. A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
2. The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

## Etymology
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.

## Easily confused with
- **hunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hundred-vs-hunted)
- **hundreds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hundred-vs-hundreds)
- **hundredth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hundred-vs-hundredth)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hundred)
- **handled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handled-vs-hundred)
- **huddled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huddled-vs-hundred)
- **hunched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunched-vs-hundred)
- **hounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hounded-vs-hundred)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhundred`, `hnudred`, `hudnred`, `hunddred`, `hunderd`, `hundrde`, `hundredd`, `hundrred`, `hunndred`, `hunrded`, `uhndred`

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