# Hawes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɔːz/ · frequency rank #37,965

## Definitions
1. A small market town and civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD8789).

## Etymology
From Old Norse hals (“neck”).

## Easily confused with
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hes)
- **hawk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hawk)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-howe)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-haze)
- **Hays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hays)
- **hues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hues)
- **hows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hows)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-haye)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-homes)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hopes)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-holes)
- **how's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-how-s)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hayes)
- **hides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hides)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hazel)
- **hikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hikes)
- **hives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hives)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hines)
- **hoses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hoses)
- **howls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-howls)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahwes`, `haews`, `hawess`, `hawse`, `hawwes`, `hhawes`, `hwaes`

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