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

#48,200
“Hader” frequency rank
#45,347
“Hexer” frequency rank
93547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hader Hexer
Definition lang andauernder, unterschwellig schwelender Streit männliche Hexe

Where the eye mixes Hader and Hexer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Hader and Hexer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Hader
5 ch
Hexer

Visual trap between Hader and Hexer

A purely visual mix-up. Hader ([ˈhaːdɐ]) and Hexer ([ˈhɛksɐ]) 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 93547, 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]. Hexer is at rank #45,347, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɛksɐ].

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 93547, this pair ranks #22,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hader vs Hexer

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Hader": ad. Private to "Hexer": x.

"Hader" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Hexer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hader ← ahder · hadder · haderr · hadre · haedr · hdaer · hhader
  • Hexer ← ehxer · heexr · hexerr · hexre · hexxer · hhexer · hxeer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hader" for "Hexer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhaːdɐ] versus [ˈhɛksɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Hader" or "Hexer" show up more?
"Hexer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,347 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Hader" and "Hexer" 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 "Hexer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hader" and "Hexer" 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 #22,124 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