# haze

> English word · Noun · IPA /heɪz/ · frequency rank #16,723

## Definitions
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.
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.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **he** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-he)
- **hee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hee)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hue)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hoe)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hye)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hse)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-here)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hope)
- **huge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-huge)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hole)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hide)
- **hire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hire)
- **hype** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hype)
- **hike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hike)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hose)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hyde)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-howe)
- **hive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hive)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hume)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ahze`, `haez`, `hazze`, `hhaze`, `hzae`

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