# had vs He

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### He
*abbrev · frequency rank #3,534*
Helium

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