# haha

> English word · Interjection · frequency rank #2,833

## Definitions
1. An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

## Etymology
From Middle English haha, ha ha, from Old English ha ha (interjection), ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Frisian haha (interjection), Middle Low German hahā, hahahā (interjection), Middle High German hahā, haha (interjection), all expressions of joy or of laughter.

## Easily confused with
- **HH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hh)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-has)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hat)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-huh)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-ham)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-han)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hay)
- **hal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hal)
- **heh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-heh)
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hai)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hua)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-har)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-haw)
- **HHS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hhs)
- **hap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hap)
- **hoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hoa)
- **hao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hao)
- **Haq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-haq)
- **hoh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hoh)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hav)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ahha`, `haah`, `hahha`, `hhaa`, `hhaha`

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