Hardest Spelling Words in English

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At first, this is a very difficult word list for most people, and they are particularly hard to spell because of few rules to follow. So it's called the 100 Hardest Spelling Words in English. These words aren't supposed to align with any vocabulary level or spelling bee competition; they are just for fun so that you can know some real hard words to spell in English. Please try some through our spelling tool; it may open a window to show your English talent.
 Hardest Spelling Words in English

Hardest Spelling Words in English

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abacaxi
abgesang
abiuret
acquiesce
aitch
aloisiite
antediluvian
atheist
atlatl
autochthonous
bellwether
bhagavata
bhikku
bologna
bourgeois
cassioberry
cemetery
chauffeur
chhatri
chlorophyll
chrematistic
chthonic
coelacanth
connoisseur
conscientious
daiquiri
demitasse
dhole
dilate
dvandva
eczema
egueiite
eichhornia
eudaemonic
feuilleton
fjeld
foudroyant
fuchsia
gubernatorial
harass
hierarchy
idiosyncrasy
indict
indispensable
inoculate
irascible
kernel
khedive
kiekie
kierkegaardian
kwakiutl
liaison
liquefy
logorrhea
malfeasance
manoeuvre
mbira
memento
milquetoast
minuscule
mischievous
mlechchha
nausea
nauseous
ngege
ngwee
onomatopoeia
orangutan
paraphernalia
pfennig
phthisis
precocious
prosciutto
prospicience
pschent
psephology
psoriasis
ptarmic
pterodactyl
ptosis
pycnogonid
qiviut
rhathymia
rhythm
sacrilegious
schokker
sforzando
sgabello
sherbet
sjambok
soubrette
stichomythia
supersede
surveillance
svedberg
synecdoche
takkanah
tchaviche
teonanacatl
tjaele
tyranny
tzigane
vengeance
vignette
weltanschauung
ylem
ytterbium
zwetschenwasser
Word and Definition List
abacaxi   Speak
n. a large, sweet pineapple grown especially in Brazil
abgesang   Speak
n. the concluding section in musical and poetic
abiuret   Speak
a. not giving the biuret reaction
acquiesce   Speak
v. agree or express agreement
aitch   Speak
n. the letter h or the sound represented by it
aloisiite   Speak
n. a mineral consisting of hydrous subsilicate of calcium, ferrous iron, magnesium, and sodium
antediluvian   Speak
a. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
atheist   Speak
n. someone who denies the existence of god
atlatl   Speak
n. stick used by some indigenous peoples of North America
autochthonous   Speak
a. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed, originating where it is found
bellwether   Speak
n. sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell, someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
bhagavata   Speak
n. a devotional worshipper of a deity, especially of Vishnu
bhikku   Speak
n. a Buddhist monk or religious mendicant
bologna   Speak
n. large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork
bourgeois   Speak
a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle class
cassioberry   Speak
n. a shrub of the southern US, and also its fruit
cemetery   Speak
n. a tract of land used for burials
chauffeur   Speak
n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car
chhatri   Speak
n. a funerary monument, a chapel built over a tomb
chlorophyll   Speak
n. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
chrematistic   Speak
a. of, relating to, or occupied in the gaining of wealth
chthonic   Speak
a. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
coelacanth   Speak
n. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
connoisseur   Speak
n. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
conscientious   Speak
a. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong, characterized by extreme care and great effort
daiquiri   Speak
n. cocktail containing rum and lime juice;
demitasse   Speak
n. small coffee cup;
dhole   Speak
n. fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
dilate   Speak
v. become wider, add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
dvandva   Speak
n. a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined by
eczema   Speak
n. generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
egueiite   Speak
n. a mineral that consists of a hydrous basic ferric iron phosphate with a little calcium and aluminum
eichhornia   Speak
n. a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs having rounded or broad clustered leaves
eudaemonic   Speak
a. conducive to happiness
feuilleton   Speak
n. part of newspaper or magazine devoted to fiction
fjeld   Speak
n. a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland
foudroyant   Speak
a. coming on suddenly with great severity
fuchsia   Speak
n. any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
gubernatorial   Speak
a. relating to a governor
harass   Speak
v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedly
hierarchy   Speak
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
idiosyncrasy   Speak
n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
indict   Speak
v. accuse formally of a crime
indispensable   Speak
a. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary, not to be dispensed with; essential
inoculate   Speak
v. introduce a microorganism into, perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
irascible   Speak
a. quickly aroused to anger, characterized by anger
kernel   Speak
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cereal
khedive   Speak
n. one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
kiekie   Speak
n. a New Zealand climbing shrub with edible berries
kierkegaardian   Speak
a. relating to or characteristic of Kierkegaard or his works, follower of Kierkegaard;
kwakiutl   Speak
n. member of North American people of NW Pacific coast; Wakashan language of Kwakiutl, now with few speakers
liaison   Speak
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship, a channel for communication between groups
liquefy   Speak
v. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating, become liquid or fluid when heated
logorrhea   Speak
n. pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
malfeasance   Speak
n. wrongful conduct by a public official
manoeuvre   Speak
v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
mbira   Speak
n.an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying number of tuned metal or wooden strips
memento   Speak
n. a reminder of past events
milquetoast   Speak
n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
minuscule   Speak
n. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts, very small
mischievous   Speak
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful
mlechchha   Speak
n.one who does not practice Hinduism
nausea   Speak
n. the state that precedes vomiting, disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
nauseous   Speak
a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit, causing or able to cause nausea
ngege   Speak
n. an important African cichlid food fish
ngwee   Speak
n. monetary unit of Zambia, equal to one hundredth of kwacha;
onomatopoeia   Speak
n. using words that imitate the sound they denote
orangutan   Speak
n. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
paraphernalia   Speak
n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
pfennig   Speak
n. (until introduction of euro in 2002) monetary unit of Germany, equal to one hundredth of mark;
phthisis   Speak
n. pulmonary tuberculosis or similar progressive wasting disease;
precocious   Speak
a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude
prosciutto   Speak
n. raw cured Italian ham
prospicience   Speak
n. the act of looking forward, foresight
pschent   Speak
n. headdress of the later Egyptian pharaohs formed of the two crowns
psephology   Speak
n. statistical study of elections and trends in voting;
psoriasis   Speak
n. a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences
ptarmic   Speak
n. a substance that causes sneezing
pterodactyl   Speak
n. extinct flying reptile
ptosis   Speak
n. drooping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or disease
pycnogonid   Speak
n. any of various small long-legged marine arthropods (class Pycnogonida) that superficially resemble spiders
qiviut   Speak
n. the wool of the undercoat of the musk ox
rhathymia   Speak
n. the state of being carefree : light-heartedness
rhythm   Speak
n. recurring at regular intervals
sacrilegious   Speak
a. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
schokker   Speak
n. a large Dutch cutter, yawl, or ketch-rigged pleasure boat
sforzando   Speak
n. an accented chord, (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
sgabello   Speak
n. an Italian-Renaissance wooden side chair consisting of a stool or similar form with a simple upright back
sherbet   Speak
n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
sjambok   Speak
n. long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide
soubrette   Speak
n. actress playing lively flirtatious role;
stichomythia   Speak
n. dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse;
supersede   Speak
v. take the place or move into the position of
surveillance   Speak
n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
svedberg   Speak
n. unit of time equal to 10 13 seconds;
synecdoche   Speak
n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
takkanah   Speak
n. a rabbinic ordinance initiating a practice not directly based on biblical authority or oral tradition
tchaviche   Speak
n. a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon
teonanacatl   Speak
n. any of several mushrooms that are sources of hallucinogens
tjaele   Speak
n. frozen ground, permanently frozen ground
tyranny   Speak
n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, dominance through threat of punishment and violence
tzigane   Speak
n. Hungarian Gypsy;
vengeance   Speak
n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
vignette   Speak
n. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books), a brief literary description
weltanschauung   Speak
n. particular philosophy or view of life;
ylem   Speak
n. (in Big Bang theory) primordial matter of universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons;
ytterbium   Speak
n. chemical element of atomic number 70, silvery-white metal of lanthanide series;
zwetschenwasser   Speak
n. a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste