haw
\hɔː\
The verdict
“haw” is uncommon French (frequency #75,758 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,758
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instruction pour faire tourner un cheval à gauche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haw |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \hɔː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #75,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haw” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
haw is uncommon French at frequency #75,758 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \hɔː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instruction pour faire tourner un cheval à gauche.".
haw doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is haw, spelled H-A-W.
Definition
- 1Instruction pour faire tourner un cheval à gauche.
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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Using “haw”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-A-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \hɔː\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.