La Haye

\la ɛ\

/\la ɛ\/ name

The verdict

“La Haye” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale, siège du gouvernement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-la-haye · La Haye · French

La Haye · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for La Haye
PropertyValue
HeadwordLa Haye
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\la ɛ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « La Haye » en français

La Hayen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

La Haye is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \la ɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale, siège du gouvernement.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for La Haye, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is La Haye, spelled L-A- -H-A-Y-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale, siège du gouvernement.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "La Haye"?
"La Haye" is spelled L-A- -H-A-Y-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la ɛ\.
What does "La Haye" mean?
As a proper noun, "La Haye" means: Ville et commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale, siège du gouvernement.
How do you pronounce "La Haye"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "La Haye" is \la ɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "La Haye" come from?
"La Haye" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list