hanse
/hæns/noun
hanse is spelled H-A-N-S-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hanse means “Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hanse is hanses.
How many letters and syllables are in hanse?
| Letters | 5: H-A-N-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st 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 hanse?
Hanse appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 hanse?
- /hæns/
- /hænzə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Hanse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hanse?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hanse.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ashen.
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 hanse
- hanses plural
- hans
- haunse
- haunce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hanse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities.
- 2
The guildhall of a Hanse.
- 3
A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.
- 4
That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
noun
- 1
A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
- 2
The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.
- 3
A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.
- 4
The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.
- 5
Alternative form of hanse, the fees payable to a Hanse or its guildhall.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hanse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense merchant guild:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hanse come from?
See Hanse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).