have had it up to here
"have-had-it-up-to-here" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“have had it up to here” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-have-had-it-up-to-here · have had it up to here · English
have had it up to here · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | have had it up to here |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “have had it up to here” in English
Rare enough to double-check
have had it up to here is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for have had it up to here, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is have had it up to here, spelled H-A-V-E- -H-A-D- -I-T- -U-P- -T-O- -H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how have had it up to here appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have had it up to here with your nonsense!
This word in other languages
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.