# hazel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈheɪzəl/ · frequency rank #14,133

## Definitions
1. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
2. The nut of the hazel tree.
3. The wood of a hazelnut tree.
4. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
5. Freestone.

## Etymology
From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazel-vs-hel)
- **heel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazel-vs-heel)
- **hazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazel-vs-hazy)
- **hotel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazel-vs-hotel)
- **Hegel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazel-vs-hegel)
- **hal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hal-vs-hazel)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/have-vs-hazel)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hate-vs-hazel)
- **hall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hall-vs-hazel)
- **hail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hail-vs-hazel)
- **haul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haul-vs-hazel)
- **hare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hare-vs-hazel)
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hazel)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haze-vs-hazel)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haye-vs-hazel)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hazel)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hates-vs-hazel)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haven-vs-hazel)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayes-vs-hazel)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-hazel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahzel`, `haezl`, `hazell`, `hazle`, `hazzel`, `hhazel`, `hzael`

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