# haye vs hiya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### haye
*noun · IPA /heɪ/ · frequency rank #44,832*
A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).

### hiya
*intj · IPA /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/ · frequency rank #24,783*
An informal greeting, hi, hello.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haye-vs-hiya