# hale

> English word · Adjective · IPA /heɪl/ · frequency rank #12,986

## Definitions
1. Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

## Etymology
From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”) (whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.

## Easily confused with
- **he** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-he)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-has)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hat)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-ham)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-han)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hay)
- **hee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hee)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hue)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hoe)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hye)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-har)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-haw)
- **hap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hap)
- **Hel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hel)
- **hao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hao)
- **Haq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-haq)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hav)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hse)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-have)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-here)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ahle`, `hhale`, `hlae`

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