haul one's ashes
"haul-one-s-ashes" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“haul one's ashes” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move one's body; to move away, depart.
Corpus desk
Index EN-haul-one-s-ashes · haul one's ashes · English
haul one's ashes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haul one's ashes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “haul one's ashes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
haul one's ashes is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for haul one's ashes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is haul one's ashes, spelled H-A-U-L- -O-N-E-'-S- -A-S-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1To move one's body; to move away, depart.
- 2To have sexual intercourse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haul one's ashes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now ye and yore boys jest haul yore ashes and start makin' tracks back to the Yellowstone.
"Then leave, you yeller-belly!" Luttie said. "You're paid up. Haul your ashes." "I believe I'll just do that little thing. I'm pullin' out...."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.