hatte
[ˈhatə]
The verdict
“hatte” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #91. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #91
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-hatte · hatte · German
hatte · rank #91 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #91
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH gibt
Nearest frequency peer: gibt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hatte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vom
vom
99,913 corpus weight
- gut
gut
99,912 corpus weight
- gibt
gibt
99,911 corpus weight
- hatte
hatte
99,910 corpus weight
- Ihre
Ihre
99,909 corpus weight
- 3
3
99,908 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hatte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hatte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhatə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hatte” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hatte (IPA [ˈhatə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #91 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hatte, with forms such as "ahtte", "hate", and "hatet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HTTP", "Haut", "have", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hatte, spelled H-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haben
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahtte
- hate
- hatet
- hhatte
- htate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hatte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hatte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "hatte". Here's where to go from here.
- "hatte" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "HTTP". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #91 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.