hat

[hat]

/[hat]/ verb

The verdict

“hat” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,856 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#18,856
frequency rank, Spanish
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hat vs he
33% similar
hat vs Ho
0% similar
hat vs hi
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hat
PropertyValue
Headwordhat
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hat]
Letters3
Frequency rank#18,856
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hat” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hat lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hat is 3 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hat]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,856 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hat in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "he", "Ho", "hi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is hat, spelled H-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hat"?
"hat" is spelled H-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [hat].
What does "hat" mean?
As a verb, "hat" means: Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.
What words are commonly confused with "hat"?
"hat" is commonly confused with "he", "Ho", "hi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hat" is [hat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hat" come from?
"hat" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “hat”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [hat] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “he” - see the side-by-side comparison. hat vs he
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list