haïr
^((h aspiré))\a.iʁ\
The verdict
“haïr” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,052
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détester, sentir de l’aversion envers, abhorrer, exécrer (quelque chose ou quelqu’un).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hair · haïr · French
haïr · rank #14,052 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,052
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hamas
Nearest frequency peer: Hamas (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « haïr »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gâchis
gâchis
85,952 corpus weight
- Hamas
Hamas
85,950 corpus weight
- haïr
haïr
85,949 corpus weight
- her
her
85,948 corpus weight
- homophobie
homophobie
85,947 corpus weight
- illégaux
illégaux
85,946 corpus weight
What this shows « haïr » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haïr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.iʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haïr »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around haïr (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.iʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,052 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Détester, sentir de l’aversion envers, abhorrer, exécrer (quelque chose ou quelqu’un).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for haïr, with forms such as "ahïr", "harï", and "haïrr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hi", "hr", "han", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is haïr, spelled H-A-Ï-R.
Definition
- 1Détester, sentir de l’aversion envers, abhorrer, exécrer (quelque chose ou quelqu’un).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haïr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je hais le mouvement qui déplace les lignes.
Habituée à la brutalité et au dédain des employés et des ouvriers des ruines, elle haïssait tout ce qui était chrétien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahïr
- harï
- haïrr
- hhaïr
- hïar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haïr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).