# Haber

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,666

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.
2. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver.
* Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).

## Easily confused with
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-her)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-har)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-have)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hate)
- **hair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hair)
- **hare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hare)
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hale)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-haze)
- **Habs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-habs)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-haye)
- **habit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-habit)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hated)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hates)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-haven)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-homer)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hayes)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hazel)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-haley)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hover)
- **Hades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hades)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahber`, `habber`, `haberr`, `habre`, `haebr`, `hbaer`, `hhaber`

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