# hurdles

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,138

## Definitions
1. A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.

## Easily confused with
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurdles-vs-hurley)
- **hurled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurdles-vs-hurled)
- **hurdle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurdle-vs-hurdles)
- **huddle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huddle-vs-hurdles)
- **huddled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huddled-vs-hurdles)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhurdles`, `hrudles`, `hudrles`, `hurddles`, `hurdels`, `hurdless`, `hurdlles`, `hurdlse`, `hurldes`, `hurrdles`, `uhrdles`

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