Havre

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"havre" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Havre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,347
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France.

Corpus desk

Index EN-havre · Havre · English

Havre · rank #39,347 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,347
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH heartedly

Nearest frequency peer: heartedly (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Havre”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Havre” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Havre vs here
40% similar
Havre vs hire
40% similar
Havre vs hive
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Havre
PropertyValue
HeadwordHavre
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,347
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Havre”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Havrelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “heartedly” (#39,348), “Hamiltonian” (#39,345), “heft” (#39,349). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “Havre” is #39,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Havre, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,347 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Havre, with forms such as "ahvre", "harve", and "haver". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "hire", "hive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), q.v. The correct English form is Havre, spelled H-A-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France.
  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Hill County, Montana, United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Havre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Give me that paper, Hallemeier. [Reads]: "The first national Robot organization has been founded at Havre, and has issued an appeal to the Robots throughout the world."
  2. Ana Suda says what started as a late-night trip to buy eggs and milk took a surprising turn last week in Havre, Montana, about 35 miles from the US-Canada border.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), q.v.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahvre
  • harve
  • haver
  • havrre
  • havvre
  • hhavre
  • hvare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Havre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahvre2harve2haver2havrre1havvre1hhavre1hvare2
Edit distance from "Havre"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Havre"?
"Havre" is spelled H-A-V-R-E.
What does "Havre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Havre" means: Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France.
What words are commonly confused with "Havre"?
"Havre" is commonly confused with "here", "hire", "hive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Havre"?
Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), q.v. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Havre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hallo#39,343guile#39,341homey#39,358froth#39,329

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Hiller7 variantsirked7 variantsElgar7 variantseffing7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list