Which to use
“hasn't” and “hast” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,999
- “hasn't” frequency rank
- #23,858
- “hast” frequency rank
- 25857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hasn't | hast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Has not: negative form of the auxiliary has | second-person singular simple present indicative of have |
Where the eye mixes hasn't and hast
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. hasn't (/ˈhæz.n̩t/) and hast (/hæst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hasn't is recorded at frequency rank #1,999, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈhæz.n̩t/. hast is at rank #23,858, tagged as averb, pronounced /hæst/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25857, this pair ranks #391,115 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hasn't vs hast
Shared letters: ahst. Private to "hasn't": n. Private to "hast": -.
"hasn't" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "hast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hast ← ahst · hasst · hastt · hhast · hsat