# hasten

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈheɪ.sn̩/ · frequency rank #31,591

## Definitions
1. To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
3. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

## Etymology
Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hate)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hated)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hates)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-haven)
- **hasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hasty)
- **haute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-haute)
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hater)
- **hsien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hsien)
- **hosted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hosted)
- **Hayden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hayden)
- **hostel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hostel)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hester)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hatton)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-heston)
- **hatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hatter)
- **hastened** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hastened)
- **hast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hast-vs-hasten)
- **haste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haste-vs-hasten)
- **Hasan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasan-vs-hasten)
- **Hagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagen-vs-hasten)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahsten`, `hasetn`, `hassten`, `hastenn`, `hastne`, `hastten`, `hatsen`, `hhasten`, `hsaten`

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