# Haiti

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈheɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #10,858

## Definitions
1. A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.
2. Synonym of Hispaniola.

## Etymology
From Taíno hayiti (“land of lofty barrows or mountains”), which was the native name given to the whole island of Hispaniola.

## Easily confused with
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hit)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hat)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hate)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hits)
- **hart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hart)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hats)
- **halt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-halt)
- **hath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hath)
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hari)
- **hast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hast)
- **Haji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-haji)
- **HIIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hiit)
- **Heidi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-heidi)
- **Hanoi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hanoi)
- **haste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-haste)
- **hasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hasty)
- **haute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-haute)
- **halts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-halts)
- **hasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hasta)
- **Hattie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hattie)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahiti`, `haiit`, `haitti`, `hatii`, `hhaiti`, `hiati`

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