hazy
/ˈheɪzi/adjective, noun
hazy is spelled H-A-Z-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hazy means “Thick or obscured with haze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hazy?
| Letters | 4: H-A-Z-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hazy?
Hazy appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hazy?
- US /ˈheɪzi/
Hazy has 2 syllables (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)-Vininn126-hazy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hazy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hazy from its last stressed vowel (/eɪzi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hazy
- hazier comparative
- haziest superlative
- hazey
- hazies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hazy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Thick or obscured with haze.
a hazy view of the polluted city street
- 2
Not clear or transparent.
- 3
Obscure; confused; not clear.
a hazy argument
- 4
Faded.
noun
- 1
A variety of beer (typically a pale ale, India pale ale, or double India pale ale) golden in color with softer mouthfeel and sweeter taste than its non-hazy counterpart.
What hazies do you have on tap?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate hazy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of hazy: hzy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hazy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brumeux , flou, trouble, vague |
| German | dunstig, diesig , trüb , getrübt |
| Spanish | brumoso, calinoso, calimoso , caliginoso |
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.
Where does hazy come from?
From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).