Which to use
“haber” is a verb and “hare” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,088
- “haber” frequency rank
- #40,584
- “hare” frequency rank
- 71672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haber | hare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs habern | der Hase |
Letter map: haber vs hare
Shared letters muted; letters that set haber and hare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for haber / hare
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haber is averb and hareanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haber is recorded at frequency rank #31,088, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhaːbɐ]. 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 71672, this pair ranks #410,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of haber vs hare
Shared letters: aehr. Private to "haber": b. Private to "hare": -.
"haber" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haber" and "hare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "haber" or "hare"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "haber" 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 #410,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haber" 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 #410,184 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.