har
/hɑɹ/noun, interjection, particle
har is spelled H-A-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, har means “A hinge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of har is hars.
How many letters and syllables are in har?
| Letters | 3: H-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 har?
Har appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 har?
- UK /hɑː/
- US /hɑɹ/
Har has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-har.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with har
Also written: hah.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with har?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as har from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rah.
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 har
- hars plural
- harr
- harre
- hardy har har
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does har mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hinge.
interjection
- 1
A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation.
noun
- 1
Acronym of human accelerated region.
particle
- 1
Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does har come from?
Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).