haze
/heɪz/
"haze" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“haze” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,723 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,723
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /heɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haze” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for haze is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /heɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,723 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for haze, with forms such as "ahze", "haez", and "hazze". 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, "he", "hee", "hue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: * The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”). The correct English form is haze, spelled H-A-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- 2A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- 3An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- 4Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- 5The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- 6Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
Etymology
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahze,haez,hazze,hhaze,hzae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haze - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “haze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /heɪz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “he” - see the side-by-side comparison. haze vs he
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.