halse
[hoːs]verb, noun
halse is spelled H-A-L-S-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, halse means “To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in halse?
| Letters | 5: H-A-L-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is halse?
Halse appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce halse?
- [hoːs]
- [haːs]
- [hoːz]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with halse?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as halse.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shale, leash, selah.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of halse
- halses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hawse
- halsing participle, present
- halsed participle, past
- haulse
- halsh
- hose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does halse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.
- 2
To greet; salute; hail.
- 3
To beseech; adjure.
- 4
obsoleteTo haul; to hoist.
noun
- 1
archaicThe neck; the throat.
Well, as you know they used to hang folk by the halse for horse theft.
- 2
Alternative form of hawse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does halse come from?
From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German halsōn (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).