# hazing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈheɪzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,913

## Definitions
1. An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

## Easily confused with
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hing)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hoping)
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hiding)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hiring)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hiking)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-homing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-honing)
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hyping)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hearing)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heading)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-healing)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heating)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heaving)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heaping)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hazing)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hain-vs-hazing)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haig-vs-hazing)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hazing)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hazing)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-hazing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahzing`, `haizng`, `hazign`, `hazingg`, `hazinng`, `haznig`, `hazzing`, `hhazing`, `hzaing`

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