hurdling
"hurdling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hurdling” is uncommon English (frequency #82,398 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,398
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hurdling · hurdling · English
hurdling · rank #82,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,398
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hup
Nearest frequency peer: hup (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hurdling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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17,608 corpus weight
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humoral
17,605 corpus weight
- hup
hup
17,604 corpus weight
- hurdling
hurdling
17,603 corpus weight
- IFP
IFP
17,601 corpus weight
- impious
impious
17,598 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hurdling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hurdling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hurdling” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hurdling is uncommon English at frequency #82,398 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hurdling, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hurdling, spelled H-U-R-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- 2hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.