# haggle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhæɡəl/ · frequency rank #44,241

## Definitions
1. To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
2. To hack (cut crudely)
3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

## Etymology
1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.

## Easily confused with
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggle-vs-hale)
- **Hague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggle-vs-hague)
- **Halle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggle-vs-halle)
- **handle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggle-vs-handle)
- **hassle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggle-vs-hassle)
- **haggis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggis-vs-haggle)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahggle`, `haggel`, `hagglle`, `hagle`, `haglge`, `hgagle`, `hhaggle`

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