hacktvsHautWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hackt is a verb, Haut is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hackt” is a verb and “Haut” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,598
“hackt” frequency rank
#1,391
“Haut” frequency rank
31989
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hackt Haut
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hacken größtes Sinnesorgan bei Menschen und Tieren, das gleichzeitig als Schutz des darunterliegenden Gewebes, Atmung, Wärmeregulierung und anderem dient

Where the eye mixes hackt and Haut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hackt
4 ch
Haut

Look-alike desk: hackt vs Haut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hackt is [hakt] while Haut is [haʊ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hackt is recorded at frequency rank #30,598, classified as averb, pronounced [hakt]. Haut is at rank #1,391, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯t].

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 31989, this pair ranks #1,717,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hackt vs Haut

Shared letters: aht. Private to "hackt": ck. Private to "Haut": u.

"hackt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Haut" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hacktahckt · hacckt · hackkt · hacktt · hactk · hakct · hcakt · hhackt
  • Hautahut · hatu · hautt · hhaut · huat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hackt" and "Haut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hackt" is a verb and "Haut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hackt" or "Haut"?
"Haut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,391 in our German list, against #30,598 for "hackt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hackt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Haut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,717,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hackt" and "Haut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hackt vs hallt". 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 #1,717,067 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