haber

\ˈhaːbɐ\

/\ˈhaːbɐ\/ verb

The verdict

“haber” is uncommon French (frequency #76,641 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,641
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de habern.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haber · haber · French

haber · rank #76,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,641
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH géomorphologie

Nearest frequency peer: géomorphologie (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « haber »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « haber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for haber
PropertyValue
Headwordhaber
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈhaːbɐ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,641
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « haber » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).habertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « géomorphologie » (#76,640), « gâchez » (#76,639), « gynécologiques » (#76,638). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haber » est au #76,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haber is uncommon French at frequency #76,641 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈhaːbɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

haber has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is haber, spelled H-A-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de habern.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habern.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "haber"?
"haber" is spelled H-A-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈhaːbɐ\.
What does "haber" mean?
As a verb, "haber" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de habern.
How do you pronounce "haber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haber" is \ˈhaːbɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haber" come from?
"haber" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list