# had vs hat

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### had
*verb · IPA [hæd] · frequency rank #15,906*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs have

### hat
*verb · IPA [hat] · frequency rank #33*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haben

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/had-vs-hat