# hasta

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhæstə/ · frequency rank #49,380

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).

## Etymology
Written form of a reduction of has to.

## Easily confused with
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hat)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hsa)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hate)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-host)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hats)
- **hath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hath)
- **hist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hist)
- **hosts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hosts)
- **haste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-haste)
- **hasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hasty)
- **haute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-haute)
- **Hausa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hausa)
- **Hosea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hosea)
- **hasten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasta-vs-hasten)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/has-vs-hasta)
- **haa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haa-vs-hasta)
- **haha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haha-vs-hasta)
- **hart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hart-vs-hasta)
- **halt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halt-vs-hasta)
- **hash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hash-vs-hasta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahsta`, `hasat`, `hassta`, `hastta`, `hatsa`, `hhasta`, `hsata`

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