Haida
/ˈhaɪdə/
"haida" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Haida” is uncommon English (frequency #56,164 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,164
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.
Corpus desk
Index EN-haida · Haida · English
Haida · rank #56,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,164
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH gz
Nearest frequency peer: gz (-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 “Haida”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gunk
gunk
43,839 corpus weight
- gz
gz
43,838 corpus weight
- Haida
Haida
43,837 corpus weight
- Handers
Handers
43,836 corpus weight
- handicapping
handicapping
43,835 corpus weight
- Harries
Harries
43,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Haida” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haida |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Haida” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Haida is uncommon English at frequency #56,164 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaɪdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Haida in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/. The correct English form is Haida, spelled H-A-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.
Etymology
From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 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.