Hawaï

\a.waj\

/\a.waj\/ name

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The verdict

“Hawaï” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,900
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande île de l’océan Pacifique Nord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hawai · Hawaï · French

Hawaï · rank #16,900 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,900
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harlem

Nearest frequency peer: Harlem (-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 « Hawaï »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Hawaï » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Hawaï vs hawk
40% similar
Hawaï vs hawks
40% similar
Hawaï vs Huawei
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Hawaï
PropertyValue
HeadwordHawaï
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.waj\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,900
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hawaï »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hawaïse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Harlem » (#16,899), « health » (#16,901), « généraliser » (#16,898). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hawaï » est au #16,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Hawaï (IPA \a.waj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,900 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hawaï, with forms such as "ahwaï", "haawï", and "hawwaï". 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, "hawk", "hawks", "Huawei", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hawaï, spelled H-A-W-A-Ï.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande île de l’océan Pacifique Nord.
  2. 2
    Archipel de l’océan Pacifique Nord, constitué de huit grandes îles (dont Hawaï, plus grande que toutes les autres réunies) et de nombreuses autres plus petites.
  3. 3
    Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique, de code postal HI, dont le territoire correspond à l’archipel (à l’exception des îles Midway), et dont la capitale est Honolulu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hawaï appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hawaï est une île de la Polynésie, la plus grande et la plus méridionale de l’archipel des Sandwich.
  2. Hawaii est l’île volcanique la plus récente et la plus volumineuse (150 x 130 km) de l’archipel (long de 3 600 km et constitué par plus de 100 volcans).

Synonyms

îles Sandwich

This word in other languages

Hawaii(English)Hawái(Español)Hawaii(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahwaï
  • haawï
  • hawwaï
  • hawïa
  • hhawaï
  • hwaaï

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hawaï - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahwaï2haawï2hawwaï1hawïa2hhawaï1hwaaï2
Edit distance from "Hawaï"

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 "Hawaï"?
"Hawaï" is spelled H-A-W-A-Ï. The IPA pronunciation is \a.waj\.
What does "Hawaï" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hawaï" means: Grande île de l’océan Pacifique Nord.
What words are commonly confused with "Hawaï"?
"Hawaï" is commonly confused with "hawk", "hawks", "Huawei". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hawaï"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hawaï" is \a.waj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hawaï" come from?
"Hawaï" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

graal#16,895laden#16,927envol#16,871logos#16,934

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fosses6 variantsjung6 variantslard6 variantslegs6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list