# hath

> English word · Verb · IPA /hæθ/ · frequency rank #12,617

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have

## Etymology
From Middle English hath, heth, hafth, hefth, from Old English hæfþ, hafaþ (“has”), from Proto-Germanic *habaiþi (“has”), equivalent to have + -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian häd (“has”), West Frisian hat (“has”), Dutch heeft (“has”), Afrikaans het (“has, have”), German Low German hett (“has”), German hat (“has”).

## Easily confused with
- **HH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hh)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hit)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hot)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-huh)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hay)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hut)
- **heh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-heh)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-het)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-haw)
- **hoh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hoh)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hav)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hrt)
- **HTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hts)
- **hhh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hhh)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-have)
- **high** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-high)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-heat)
- **HTTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-http)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hits)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hath-vs-hats)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahth`, `haht`, `hathh`, `hatth`, `hhath`, `htah`

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