have had it up to here

verb

"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

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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.

Key facts for have had it up to here
PropertyValue
Headwordhave had it up to here
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “have had it up to here” in English

have had it up to heresits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These 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.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "have had it up to here"?
"have had it up to here" is spelled H-A-V-E- -H-A-D- -I-T- -U-P- -T-O- -H-E-R-E.
What does "have had it up to here" mean?
As a verb, "have had it up to here" means: To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.
What language does "have had it up to here" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list