# har

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɑː/ · frequency rank #22,396

## Definitions
1. A hinge.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

## Easily confused with
- **he** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-he)
- **hi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hi)
- **HD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hd)
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-ho)
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hr)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hp)
- **hm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hm)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hq)
- **hc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hc)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hu)
- **HK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hk)
- **HB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hb)
- **HG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hg)
- **HH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hh)
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hv)
- **hn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hn)
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-his)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-has)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-her)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-how)

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