# had vs HSV

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### HSV
*abbrev · IPA [haːʔɛsfaʊ̯] · frequency rank #3,968*
Hamburger Sportverein oder Hamburger Sport-Verein

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