# hurtful

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɜːtfʊl/ · frequency rank #19,617

## Definitions
1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

## Etymology
From hurt + -ful.

## Easily confused with
- **harmful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmful-vs-hurtful)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhurtful`, `hrutful`, `hurftul`, `hurrtful`, `hurtfful`, `hurtflu`, `hurtfull`, `hurttful`, `hurtufl`, `hutrful`, `uhrtful`

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