harsh

/hɑɹʃ/

//hɑɹʃ// adj

The verdict

“harsh” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,646 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,646
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - áspero, inóspito

Corpus desk

Index PT-harsh · harsh · Portuguese

harsh · rank #85,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,646
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH guisa

Nearest frequency peer: guisa (-6 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “harsh”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “harsh” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for harsh
PropertyValue
Headwordharsh
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/hɑɹʃ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “harsh” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.harshcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “guisa” (#85,640), “hire” (#85,659), “hombridade” (#85,660). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “harsh” fica em #85,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harsh is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,646 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /hɑɹʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "áspero, inóspito".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for harsh, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is harsh, spelled H-A-R-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    áspero, inóspito

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harsh"?
"harsh" is spelled H-A-R-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /hɑɹʃ/.
What does "harsh" mean?
As an adjective, "harsh" means: áspero, inóspito
How do you pronounce "harsh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harsh" is /hɑɹʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harsh" come from?
"harsh" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list