# hatten vs Heften

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hatten
*verb · IPA [ˈhatn̩] · frequency rank #278*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs haben

### Heften
*noun · IPA [ˈhɛftn̩] · frequency rank #30,112*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Heft

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