# has vs hi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### has
*verb · IPA /hæz/ · frequency rank #47*
third-person singular simple present indicative of have

### hi
*intj · IPA /haɪ/ · frequency rank #1,079*
A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/has-vs-hi