HaasvshareWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Haas is a name, hare is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Haas” is a name and “hare” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,091
“Haas” frequency rank
#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
52675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haas hare
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname der Hase

Letter map: Haas vs hare

Shared letters muted; letters that set Haas and hare apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Haas (CVVC) and hare (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Haas
4 ch
hare

Role in the sentence - Haas and hare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haas is aname and hareanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haas is recorded at frequency rank #12,091, classified as aname, pronounced [haːs]. hare is at rank #40,584, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 52675, this pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Haas vs hare

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Haas": s. Private to "hare": er.

"Haas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haas ← ahas · haass · hasa · hhaas
  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Haas" for "hare" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Haas" is a name and "hare" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Haas" or "hare"?
"Haas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,091 in our German list, against #40,584 for "hare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Haas" vs "hare" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Haas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Haas" and "hare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hare vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list