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In some cases it can be clearer to name step ratio ranges by their ranges in hardness (for example, 1-1.33 for ultrasoft) or by their boundary step ratios (for example, equalized-to-supersoft for ultrasoft) than by the step ratio ranges tabulated here.

{| class="wikitable center-all"

|+ style="font-size: 105%;" | Spectrum of step ratio ranges and specific step ratios

! colspan="3" | Step ratio ranges

! Specific<br />step ratios

! Notes

|-

| '''1:1<br />(equalized)'''

| Trivial/pathological

|-

| rowspan="7" | 1:1 to 2:1<br />(soft-of-basic)

| colspan="2" | 1:1 to 4:3<br />(ultrasoft)

| Step ratios especially close to 1:1 may be called pseudoequalized

|-

| '''4:3<br />(supersoft)'''

|-

| colspan="2" | 4:3 to 3:2<br />(parasoft)

|-

| '''3:2<br />(soft)'''

| Also called monosoft

|-

| rowspan="3" | 3:2 to 2:1<br />(hyposoft)

| 3:2 to 5:3<br />(quasisoft)

|-

| '''5:3<br />(semisoft)'''

|-

| 5:3 to 2:1<br />(minisoft)

|-

| '''2:1<br />(basic)'''

|-

| rowspan="7" | 2:1 to 1:0<br />(hard-of-basic)

| rowspan="3" | 2:1 to 3:1<br />(hypohard)

| 2:1 to 5:2<br />(minihard)

|-

| '''5:2<br />(semihard)'''

|-

| 5:2 to 3:1<br />(quasihard)

|-

| '''3:1<br />(hard)'''

| Also called monohard

|-

| colspan="2" | 3:1 to 4:1<br />(parahard)

|-

| '''4:1<br />(superhard)'''

|-

| colspan="2" | 4:1 to 1:0<br />(ultrahard)

| Step ratios especially close to 1:0 may be called pseudocollapsed

|-

| '''1:0<br />(collapsed)'''

| Trivial/pathological

|}