# haves

> English word · Noun · IPA /hævz/ · frequency rank #30,822

## Definitions
1. The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.

## Etymology
From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details.

## Easily confused with
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hes)
- **hive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hive)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-haze)
- **Hays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hays)
- **hues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hues)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hove)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-haye)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-homes)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hopes)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-holes)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hayes)
- **hides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hides)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hazel)
- **havoc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-havoc)
- **hikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hikes)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hover)
- **hives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hives)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hines)
- **hoses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-hoses)
- **heave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haves-vs-heave)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahves`, `haevs`, `havess`, `havse`, `havves`, `hhaves`, `hvaes`

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