# haggis

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæɡɪs/ · frequency rank #43,681

## Definitions
1. A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”).

## Easily confused with
- **Higgs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-higgs)
- **Harris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-harris)
- **haggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-haggle)
- **Higgins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-higgins)
- **Huggins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-huggins)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahggis`, `haggiss`, `haggsi`, `hagigs`, `hagis`, `hgagis`, `hhaggis`

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