Which to use
“habt” is a verb and “het” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #701
- “habt” frequency rank
- #16,178
- “het” frequency rank
- 16879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habt | het |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haben | definiter (bestimmter) Artikel neutrum; das |
Where the eye mixes habt and het
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habt is [haːpt] while het is [(h)ət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habt is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as averb, pronounced [haːpt]. het is at rank #16,178, tagged as adet, pronounced [(h)ət].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 16879, this pair ranks #1,932,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habt vs het
Shared letters: ht. Private to "habt": ab. Private to "het": e.
"habt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "het" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habt ← ahbt · habbt · habtt · hatb · hbat · hhabt