Which to use
“Habe” is a noun and “He” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #59
- “Habe” frequency rank
- #3,534
- “He” frequency rank
- 3593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Habe | He |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das, was man besitzt | Helium |
Letter map: Habe vs He
Shared letters muted; letters that set Habe and He apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Habe / He
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Habe is anoun and Heanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Habe is recorded at frequency rank #59, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaːbə]. He is at rank #3,534, tagged as anabbrev.
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 3593, this pair ranks #1,999,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Habe vs He
Shared letters: eh. Private to "Habe": ab. Private to "He": -.
"Habe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "He" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Habe ← ahbe · habbe · haeb · hbae · hhabe
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Habe" and "He" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Habe" or "He" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "Habe" and "He". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Habe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "He" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,999,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Habe" and "He" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haze vs He". 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 #1,999,847 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.