Habe

/[ˈhaːbə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#59

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Habe is aGermannoun. It means: das, was man besitzt Pronounced [ˈhaːbə]. It ranks #59 in German word frequency. Often confused with He and hat.

Key facts for Habe
PropertyValue
HeadwordHabe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaːbə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#59
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Habe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Habe is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaːbə]. Corpus data places it at rank #59 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das, was man besitzt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Habe, with forms such as "ahbe", "habbe", and "haeb". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "He", "hat", "hob", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Habe, spelled H-A-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    das, was man besitzt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahbe,habbe,haeb,hbae,hhabe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Habe

Misspelling Variants of "Habe"

ahbe4habbe5haeb4hbae4hhabe5
Misspelling Variants of "Habe"

Frequency rank: #59 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Habe"?
"Habe" is spelled H-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːbə].
What does "Habe" mean?
As a noun, "Habe" means: das, was man besitzt
What words are commonly confused with "Habe"?
"Habe" is commonly confused with "He", "hat", "hob". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Habe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Habe" is [ˈhaːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Habe" come from?
"Habe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.