# Haifa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈxaɪfə/ · frequency rank #34,093

## Definitions
1. A port city in northern Israel.
2. A district of Israel.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (hayfa) and Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), from Biblical Hebrew חיפה (ḥēp̄ɔ̂), from Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”) presumably in reference to Mount Carmel, from Akkadian kāpu "rock".

## Easily confused with
- **half** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-half)
- **hair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hair)
- **hail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hail)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hara)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hana)
- **hiya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hiya)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hain)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-haig)
- **hala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hala)
- **Hama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hama)
- **hairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hairy)
- **Haiti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-haiti)
- **Hanna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hanna)
- **hails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hails)
- **haiku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-haiku)
- **hamza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hamza)
- **Hausa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hausa)
- **hasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hasta)
- **Hainan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-hainan)
- **Halifax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haifa-vs-halifax)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahifa`, `hafia`, `haiaf`, `haiffa`, `hhaifa`, `hiafa`

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