hace
/heɪs/
"hace" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hace” is uncommon English (frequency #73,247 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,247
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A command to turn to face in a particular direction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hace · hace · English
hace · rank #73,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,247
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hacky
Nearest frequency peer: hacky (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hace”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grenache
grenache
26,763 corpus weight
- gripper
gripper
26,761 corpus weight
- Gwendolen
Gwendolen
26,756 corpus weight
- hace
hace
26,754 corpus weight
- hacky
hacky
26,753 corpus weight
- haft
haft
26,752 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hace” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /heɪs/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hace” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hace is uncommon English at frequency #73,247 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /heɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A command to turn to face in a particular direction.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hace, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Intentional mispronunciation of face, as per harch and ten-hut. The correct English form is hace, spelled H-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A command to turn to face in a particular direction.
Etymology
Intentional mispronunciation of face, as per harch and ten-hut.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.