# had vs hej

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hej
*intj · IPA [haɪ] · frequency rank #48,213*
informelle Grußformel

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/had-vs-hej