# Harare

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,912

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Zimbabwe, previously named Salisbury.
2. A province in Zimbabwe that includes the capital city.

## Etymology
From Shona Harare, supposedly from haarari (“it doesn't sleep”), in reference to a waterfall.

## Easily confused with
- **hare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-hare)
- **harry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-harry)
- **Havre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-havre)
- **Hoare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-hoare)
- **hazard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-hazard)
- **Horace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-horace)
- **harass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-harass)
- **Hardie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-hardie)
- **Harvard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-harvard)
- **hardware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harare-vs-hardware)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hara-vs-harare)
- **haram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haram-vs-harare)
- **Hagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagar-vs-harare)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ahrare`, `haarre`, `haraer`, `hararre`, `harrae`, `harrare`, `hharare`, `hraare`

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