haya
noun
haya is spelled H-A-Y-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, haya means “A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of haya is hayas.
How many letters and syllables are in haya?
| Letters | 4: H-A-Y-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is haya?
Haya appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with haya?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as haya.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ayah.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of haya
- hayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does haya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
- 2
Alternative form of chaya.
noun
- 1
a group of people who live near Lake Victoria in Tanzania
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does haya come from?
From Spanish haya, from Old Spanish haya, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“hay wood”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).