# haggard

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhæɡ.əd/ · frequency rank #31,198

## Definitions
1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
2. Wild or untamed

## Etymology
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))

## Easily confused with
- **hazard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-hazard)
- **hangar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-hangar)
- **Harvard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-harvard)
- **hayward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-hayward)
- **Hansard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-hansard)
- **Hagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagar-vs-haggard)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahggard`, `hagagrd`, `hagard`, `haggadr`, `haggardd`, `haggarrd`, `haggrad`, `hgagard`, `hhaggard`

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