three hundred

/ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

//ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd// num

"three-hundred" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“three hundred” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.

Corpus desk

Index EN-three-hundred · three hundred · English

three hundred · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for three hundred
PropertyValue
Headwordthree hundred
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNumeral
IPA/ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “three hundred” sits in English frequency

three hundred falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

three hundred is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.".

three hundred doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is three hundred, spelled T-H-R-E-E- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "three hundred"?
"three hundred" is spelled T-H-R-E-E- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/.
What does "three hundred" mean?
As a numeral, "three hundred" means: The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.
How do you pronounce "three hundred"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "three hundred" is /ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "three hundred" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list