hattenvsHavenWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hatten is a verb, Haven is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hatten” is a verb and “Haven” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#278
“hatten” frequency rank
#25,587
“Haven” frequency rank
25865
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hatten Haven
Definition 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs haben Hafen

Letter map: hatten vs Haven

Shared letters muted; letters that set hatten and Haven apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
hatten
5 ch
Haven

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hatten is averb and Havenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hatten is recorded at frequency rank #278, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhatn̩]. Haven is at rank #25,587, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 25865, this pair ranks #1,826,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hatten vs Haven

Shared letters: aehn. Private to "hatten": t. Private to "Haven": v.

"hatten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Haven" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hattenahtten · haten · hatetn · hattenn · hattne · hhatten · htaten
  • Havenahven · haevn · havenn · havne · havven · hhaven · hvaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hatten" and "Haven" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hatten" is a verb and "Haven" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hatten" or "Haven"?
"hatten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #278 in our German list, against #25,587 for "Haven". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "hatten" and "Haven". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hatten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Haven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,826,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hatten" and "Haven" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Haven vs haze". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list