haze
/heɪz/noun, verb
haze is spelled H-A-Z-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Haze, the name). As a noun, haze means “Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of haze is hazes.
How many letters and syllables are in haze?
| Letters | 4: H-A-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is haze?
Haze appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Haze, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce haze?
- /heɪz/
Haze has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-haze.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of haze
- hazes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hase
- hazing participle, present
- hazed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does haze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- 2
A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- 3
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.
- 4
Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- 5
The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- 6
Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
verb
- 1
To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- 2
USinformalTo perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting person, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- 3
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- 4
In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- 5
To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Haze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brume, poudroiement , trouble , voile , brouillard , bizuter |
| German | Dunst , Trübung , schinden, schikanieren |
| Portuguese | névoa |
| Spanish | bruma, calima, calina , hacer la novatada, novatear, novatar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.