Which to use
“hast” is a verb and “HTS” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,858
- “hast” frequency rank
- #43,697
- “HTS” frequency rank
- 67555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hast | HTS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | second-person singular simple present indicative of have | Abbreviation of high-temperature superconductivity. |
Letter map: hast vs HTS
Shared letters muted; letters that set hast and HTS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hast runs 4 letters (CVCC) against HTS's 3 (CCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hast / HTS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hast is averb and HTSanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hast is recorded at frequency rank #23,858, classified as averb, pronounced /hæst/. HTS is at rank #43,697, tagged as anoun.
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 67555, this pair ranks #62,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hast vs HTS
Shared letters: hst. Private to "hast": a. Private to "HTS": -.
"hast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "HTS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hast ← ahst · hasst · hastt · hhast · hsat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hast" for "HTS" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've compared "hast" and "HTS". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "HTS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hast" and "HTS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "HRW vs HTS". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,799 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.