Haven
The verdict
“Haven” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #25,587 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,587
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hafen
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 | Haven |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Haven” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Haven is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #25,587 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hafen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Haven, with forms such as "ahven", "haevn", and "havenn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hen", "haze", "hören", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Haven, spelled H-A-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Hafen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahven,haevn,havenn,havne,havven,hhaven,hvaen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Haven - 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.
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Using “Haven”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-V-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “hen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Haven vs hen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.