hait
^((h aspiré))\ɛ\
The verdict
“hait” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,993
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de haïr.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hait · hait · French
hait · rank #24,993 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,993
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH géographe
Nearest frequency peer: géographe (-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 « hait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- géniales
géniales
75,010 corpus weight
- géographe
géographe
75,009 corpus weight
- hait
hait
75,008 corpus weight
- hamster
hamster
75,007 corpus weight
- hawks
hawks
75,006 corpus weight
- haïtienne
haïtienne
75,005 corpus weight
What this shows « hait » 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 | hait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɛ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hait (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,993 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de haïr.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hait, with forms such as "ahit", "haitt", and "hati". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hi", "hot", "han", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hait, spelled H-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de haïr.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— J’ai entendu des choses stupides, s’écria-t-il, et j’ai vu une bande d’énergumènes qui vous haïssent comme on hait tout ce qui est beau.
C’est aussi ce qu’on hait dans la psychanalyse, qu’elle essaie de ne pas consentir à ce qui se présente et se représente, qu’elle essaie de se tenir à l’écoute de l’affect « originairement » inconscient, d’en désétouffer l’écho inaudible.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahit
- haitt
- hati
- hhait
- hiat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hait - 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).