HadervshareWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Hader” and “hare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,200
“Hader” frequency rank
#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
88784
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hader hare
Definition lang andauernder, unterschwellig schwelender Streit der Hase

Letter map: Hader vs hare

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hader and hare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Hader
4 ch
hare

Pair insight - Hader / hare

Hader and hare are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hader is recorded at frequency rank #48,200, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaːdɐ]. 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 88784, this pair ranks #64,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hader vs hare

Shared letters: aehr. Private to "Hader": d. Private to "hare": -.

"Hader" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haderahder · hadder · haderr · hadre · haedr · hdaer · hhader
  • hareahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hader" and "hare" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hader" vs "hare" - which ranks higher?
"hare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,584 in our German list, against #48,200 for "Hader". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hader" 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 #64,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hader" and "hare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hader vs Hemer". 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 #64,505 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