# hazy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈheɪzi/ · frequency rank #24,184

## Definitions
1. Thick or obscured with haze.
2. Not clear or transparent.
3. Obscure; confused; not clear.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-hey)
- **hwy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-hwy)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-hoy)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-holy)
- **Huey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-huey)
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-heavy)
- **Healy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-healy)
- **heady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazy-vs-heady)
- **ha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ha-vs-hazy)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/has-vs-hazy)
- **had** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/had-vs-hazy)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hat-vs-hazy)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ham-vs-hazy)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-hazy)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hay-vs-hazy)
- **hal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hal-vs-hazy)
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hai-vs-hazy)
- **hah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hah-vs-hazy)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/har-vs-hazy)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haw-vs-hazy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahzy`, `hayz`, `hazyy`, `hazzy`, `hhazy`, `hzay`

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