Hardest Spelling Words in English
100 hardest spelling words in English is for people who want to check their vocabulary skills. The 100 words are not only rare in use but also difficult to spell.
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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.
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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
n. a large, sweet pineapple grown especially in Brazil
abgesang
n. the concluding section in musical and poeticabiuret
a. not giving the biuret reactionacquiesce
v. agree or express agreementaitch
n. the letter h or the sound represented by italoisiite
n. a mineral consisting of hydrous subsilicate of calcium, ferrous iron, magnesium, and sodiumantediluvian
a. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier periodatheist
n. someone who denies the existence of godatlatl
n. stick used by some indigenous peoples of North Americaautochthonous
a. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed, originating where it is foundbellwether
n. sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell, someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activitybhagavata
n. a devotional worshipper of a deity, especially of Vishnubhikku
n. a Buddhist monk or religious mendicantbologna
n. large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and porkbourgeois
a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle classcassioberry
n. a shrub of the southern US, and also its fruitcemetery
n. a tract of land used for burialschauffeur
n. a man paid to drive a privately owned carchhatri
n. a funerary monument, a chapel built over a tombchlorophyll
n. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organismschrematistic
a. of, relating to, or occupied in the gaining of wealthchthonic
a. dwelling beneath the surface of the earthcoelacanth
n. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africaconnoisseur
n. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine artsconscientious
a. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong, characterized by extreme care and great effortdaiquiri
n. cocktail containing rum and lime juice;demitasse
n. small coffee cup;dhole
n. fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packsdilate
v. become wider, add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingdvandva
n. a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined byeczema
n. generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stagesegueiite
n. a mineral that consists of a hydrous basic ferric iron phosphate with a little calcium and aluminumeichhornia
n. a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs having rounded or broad clustered leaveseudaemonic
a. conducive to happinessfeuilleton
n. part of newspaper or magazine devoted to fictionfjeld
n. a barren plateau of the Scandinavian uplandfoudroyant
a. coming on suddenly with great severityfuchsia
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 Tahitigubernatorial
a. relating to a governorharass
v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedlyhierarchy
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative bodyidiosyncrasy
n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individualindict
v. accuse formally of a crimeindispensable
a. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary, not to be dispensed with; essentialinoculate
v. introduce a microorganism into, perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculationirascible
a. quickly aroused to anger, characterized by angerkernel
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cerealkhedive
n. one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914kiekie
n. a New Zealand climbing shrub with edible berrieskierkegaardian
a. relating to or characteristic of Kierkegaard or his works, follower of Kierkegaard;kwakiutl
n. member of North American people of NW Pacific coast; Wakashan language of Kwakiutl, now with few speakersliaison
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship, a channel for communication between groupsliquefy
v. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating, become liquid or fluid when heatedlogorrhea
n. pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talkingmalfeasance
n. wrongful conduct by a public officialmanoeuvre
v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defensembira
n.an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying number of tuned metal or wooden stripsmemento
n. a reminder of past eventsmilquetoast
n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertiveminuscule
n. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts, very smallmischievous
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playfulmlechchha
n.one who does not practice Hinduismnausea
n. the state that precedes vomiting, disgust so strong it makes you feel sicknauseous
a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit, causing or able to cause nauseangege
n. an important African cichlid food fishngwee
n. monetary unit of Zambia, equal to one hundredth of kwacha;onomatopoeia
n. using words that imitate the sound they denoteorangutan
n. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habitsparaphernalia
n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.pfennig
n. (until introduction of euro in 2002) monetary unit of Germany, equal to one hundredth of mark;phthisis
n. pulmonary tuberculosis or similar progressive wasting disease;precocious
a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitudeprosciutto
n. raw cured Italian hamprospicience
n. the act of looking forward, foresightpschent
n. headdress of the later Egyptian pharaohs formed of the two crownspsephology
n. statistical study of elections and trends in voting;psoriasis
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 prominencesptarmic
n. a substance that causes sneezingpterodactyl
n. extinct flying reptileptosis
n. drooping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or diseasepycnogonid
n. any of various small long-legged marine arthropods (class Pycnogonida) that superficially resemble spidersqiviut
n. the wool of the undercoat of the musk oxrhathymia
n. the state of being carefree : light-heartednessrhythm
n. recurring at regular intervalssacrilegious
a. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacredschokker
n. a large Dutch cutter, yawl, or ketch-rigged pleasure boatsforzando
n. an accented chord, (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attacksgabello
n. an Italian-Renaissance wooden side chair consisting of a stool or similar form with a simple upright backsherbet
n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatinsjambok
n. long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hidesoubrette
n. actress playing lively flirtatious role;stichomythia
n. dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse;supersede
v. take the place or move into the position ofsurveillance
n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)svedberg
n. unit of time equal to 10 13 seconds;synecdoche
n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versatakkanah
n. a rabbinic ordinance initiating a practice not directly based on biblical authority or oral traditiontchaviche
n. a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmonteonanacatl
n. any of several mushrooms that are sources of hallucinogenstjaele
n. frozen ground, permanently frozen groundtyranny
n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, dominance through threat of punishment and violencetzigane
n. Hungarian Gypsy;vengeance
n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next lifevignette
n. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books), a brief literary descriptionweltanschauung
n. particular philosophy or view of life;ylem
n. (in Big Bang theory) primordial matter of universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons;ytterbium
n. chemical element of atomic number 70, silvery-white metal of lanthanide series;zwetschenwasser
n. a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste