# Haskell

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhæskəl/ · frequency rank #20,660

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A surname.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.
6. A city, the county seat of Haskell County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
* The programming language is named after American logician Haskell Curry (1900–1982).
* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Askell, from Old Norse Áskell. Compare Axtell, Askin, Haskin, Hasty, Astin.
* As a surname in the Isle of Man, a variant of Castell, itself related to the above.
* As a Jewish surname, from Khaskl, a Yiddish form of Yeḥezqel, see Ezekiel.

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahskell`, `haksell`, `hasekll`, `haskel`, `haskkell`, `hasklel`, `hasskell`, `hhaskell`, `hsakell`

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