# had vs Hu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Hu
*name · IPA /hu/ · frequency rank #13,362*
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.

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