# Hausa

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaʊsə/ · frequency rank #37,964

## Definitions
1. A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hausa Hausa.

## Easily confused with
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hua)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hus)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hsa)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hush)
- **Hays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hays)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hula)
- **husk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-husk)
- **Huma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-huma)
- **house** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-house)
- **haute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-haute)
- **Hauser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hausa-vs-hauser)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/has-vs-hausa)
- **haa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haa-vs-hausa)
- **haha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hausa)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hats-vs-hausa)
- **haul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haul-vs-hausa)
- **Hans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hans-vs-hausa)
- **hash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hash-vs-hausa)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hara-vs-hausa)
- **Haas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haas-vs-hausa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahusa`, `hasua`, `hauas`, `haussa`, `hhausa`, `huasa`

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