hurts

/hɜːts/

//hɜːts// verb

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"hurts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hurts” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,309
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt

Corpus desk

Index EN-hurts · hurts · English

hurts · rank #4,309 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,309
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hillary

Nearest frequency peer: Hillary (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hurts”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “hurts” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hurts vs hut
60% similar
hurts vs Hus
40% similar
hurts vs huts
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hurts
PropertyValue
Headwordhurts
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/hɜːts/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,309
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hurts”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).hurtslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Hillary” (#4,308), “intellectual” (#4,310), “hardware” (#4,307). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hurts” is #4,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around hurts (IPA /hɜːts/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,309 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hurts, with forms such as "hhurts", "hruts", and "hurrts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hut", "Hus", "huts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is hurts, spelled H-U-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhurts
  • hruts
  • hurrts
  • hurtss
  • hurtts
  • hutrs
  • uhrts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hurts - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhurts1hruts2hurrts1hurtss1hurtts1hutrs2uhrts2
Edit distance from "hurts"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hurts"?
"hurts" is spelled H-U-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /hɜːts/.
What does "hurts" mean?
As a verb, "hurts" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt
What words are commonly confused with "hurts"?
"hurts" is commonly confused with "hut", "Hus", "huts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hurts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hurts" is /hɜːts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hurts" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hurts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gates#4,304devil#4,296rated#4,324craft#4,293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ruled7 variantsslide7 variantssummit7 variantscited7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list