hast
/hæst/
"hast" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hast” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,858
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - second-person singular simple present indicative of have
Corpus desk
Index EN-hast · hast · English
hast · rank #23,858 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,858
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hester
Nearest frequency peer: Hester (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hast”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- halal
halal
76,146 corpus weight
- harmonious
harmonious
76,145 corpus weight
- hast
hast
76,143 corpus weight
- Hester
Hester
76,142 corpus weight
- hijab
hijab
76,141 corpus weight
- hitherto
hitherto
76,140 corpus weight
What this shows “hast” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /hæst/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hast”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hast (IPA /hæst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,858 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "second-person singular simple present indicative of have".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hast, with forms such as "ahst", "hasst", and "hastt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "his", "hit", "hot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjaną; equivalent to have … The correct English form is hast, spelled H-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1second-person singular simple present indicative of have
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thou hast lovely eyes!
Thou hast left me alone.
Etymology
From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjaną; equivalent to have + -est. Compare German and West Frisian hast.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahst
- hasst
- hastt
- hhast
- hsat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hast - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hast", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).