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ha

/hɑː/interjection, noun

ha is spelled H-A: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, ha means “A representation of laughter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ha?

Letters2: H-A
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing38 times per million words; the 2,581st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is ha?

Ha appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ha?

  • /hɑː/
  • [ha(ː)]

Ha has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ha.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with ha

Also written: a, hah.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with ha?

11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ha from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/, British pronunciation):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of ha

  • has plural
  • ha's plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ha mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

interjection

  1. 1

    A representation of laughter.

    Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.

  2. 2

    An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

    Ha! Checkmate!

  3. 3

    archaicAn exclamation of grief.

  4. 4

    datedA sound of hesitation: er, um.

  5. 5

    Said when making a vigorous attack.

    Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!

noun

  1. 1

    The sum of bodily parts; the physical body.

noun

as Ha
  1. 1

    An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania.

noun

as HA
  1. 1

    Initialism of high availability.

  2. 2

    Initialism of hospital apprentice.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Ha in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchah (a representation of laughter), ah ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery)
Portugueseka (a representation of laughter), ah (an exclamation of triumph or discovery)
Spanishja (a representation of laughter)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does ha come from?

Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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