harr
"harr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“harr” is uncommon English (frequency #81,389 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,389
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-harr · harr · English
harr · rank #81,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,389
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hastie
Nearest frequency peer: Hastie (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “harr”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- guttering
guttering
18,621 corpus weight
- Hanke
Hanke
18,615 corpus weight
- harr
harr
18,612 corpus weight
- Hastie
Hastie
18,611 corpus weight
- haugh
haugh
18,609 corpus weight
- Hebden
Hebden
18,604 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “harr” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “harr” in English
Rare enough to double-check
harr is uncommon English at frequency #81,389 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”).".
harr has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: See haar. The correct English form is harr, spelled H-A-R-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For lo! now peeping just above the vast / Vault of the German Sea, in east afar, / Appears full many a brig's and schooner's mast, / Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr
Fogs and harrs are unfrequent, as are constant rain; mornings of drenching flood being often succeeded by bright and beautiful days.
Etymology
See haar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).