# härten vs hatten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### härten
*verb · IPA [ˈhɛʁtn̩] · frequency rank #47,493*
transitiv:

### hatten
*verb · IPA [ˈhatn̩] · frequency rank #278*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum 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/harten-vs-hatten