# hated

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈheɪtɪd/ · frequency rank #5,133

## Definitions
1. Disliked; odious; reviled.

## Etymology
From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

## Easily confused with
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hed)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-have)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hats)
- **hath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hath)
- **heed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-heed)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-haze)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-haye)
- **hued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hued)
- **hotel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hotel)
- **hired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hired)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hoped)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hates)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-haven)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hayes)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hazel)
- **hyped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hyped)
- **haute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-haute)
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hater)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-holed)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-honed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahted`, `haetd`, `hatde`, `hatedd`, `hatted`, `hhated`, `htaed`

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