Which to use
“Habe” and “hope” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #59
- “Habe” frequency rank
- #11,068
- “hope” frequency rank
- 11127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Habe | hope |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das, was man besitzt | Hoffnung |
Where the eye mixes Habe and hope
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Habe and hope follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Habe with hope
A purely visual mix-up. Habe ([ˈhaːbə]) and hope ([həʊp]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Habe is recorded at frequency rank #59, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaːbə]. hope is at rank #11,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced [həʊp].
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 11127, this pair ranks #1,971,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Habe vs hope
Shared letters: eh. Private to "Habe": ab. Private to "hope": op.
"Habe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hope" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Habe" for "hope" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Habe" vs "hope" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Habe" and "hope" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Habe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hope" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,971,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Habe" and "hope" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haze vs hope". 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 #1,971,571 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.