# had vs hn

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### had
*verb · IPA /hæd/ · frequency rank #54*
simple past and past participle of have

### hn
*intj · frequency rank #42,179*
Used to tag a rhetorical question.

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