# stressful

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ · frequency rank #8,612

## Definitions
1. Irritating; causing stress.
2. Mentally taxing.

## Etymology
From stress + -ful.

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtessful`, `sstressful`, `sterssful`, `stresfsul`, `stresful`, `stressfful`, `stressflu`, `stressfull`, `stressufl`, `strressful`, `strsesful`, `sttressful`, `tsressful`

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