# harvest

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ · frequency rank #6,792

## Definitions
1. The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
2. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
3. The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
4. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
5. The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
6. A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

## Etymology
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognates
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

## Easily confused with
- **haves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harvest-vs-haves)
- **Harvey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harvest-vs-harvey)
- **harvester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harvest-vs-harvester)
- **hares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hares-vs-harvest)
- **halves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halves-vs-harvest)
- **hardest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardest-vs-harvest)
- **harness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harness-vs-harvest)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahrvest`, `harevst`, `harrvest`, `harvesst`, `harvestt`, `harvets`, `harvset`, `harvvest`, `havrest`, `hharvest`, `hravest`

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