# hate vs hive

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hate
*noun · IPA /heʔ/ · frequency rank #807*
An object of hatred.

### hive
*noun · IPA /haɪv/ · frequency rank #14,961*
A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hate-vs-hive