# Haywood

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈheɪwʊd/ · frequency rank #37,483

## Definitions
1. A placename:
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5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
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11. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

## Easily confused with
- **Heywood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haywood-vs-heywood)
- **hayward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayward-vs-haywood)
- **Harwood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harwood-vs-haywood)
- **hardwood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardwood-vs-haywood)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ahywood`, `hawyood`, `hayowod`, `haywod`, `haywodo`, `haywoodd`, `haywwood`, `hayywood`, `hhaywood`, `hyawood`

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