# hank vs have

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hank
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #27,764*
(Garn) Strang, Docke

### have
*verb · IPA [hæv] · frequency rank #5,376*
haben; besitzen; zur Verfügung haben

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