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Which to use

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

#48,200
“Hader” frequency rank
#29,165
“Haue” frequency rank
77365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hader Haue
Definition lang andauernder, unterschwellig schwelender Streit Prügel, Hiebe

Where the eye mixes Hader and Haue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Hader runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Haue's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Hader
4 ch
Haue

Look-alike desk: Hader vs Haue

A purely visual mix-up. Hader ([ˈhaːdɐ]) and Haue ([ˈhaʊ̯ə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77365, 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]. Haue is at rank #29,165, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaʊ̯ə].

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 77365, this pair ranks #262,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hader vs Haue

Shared letters: aeh. Private to "Hader": dr. Private to "Haue": u.

"Hader" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Haue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hader ← ahder · hadder · haderr · hadre · haedr · hdaer · hhader
  • Haue ← ahue · haeu · hhaue · huae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hader" for "Haue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhaːdɐ] versus [ˈhaʊ̯ə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Hader" or "Haue" show up more?
"Haue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,165 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

Eye-level mix-up between "Hader" and "Haue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hader" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Haue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hader" and "Haue" 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 #262,395 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