Which to use
“hager” is an adjective and “hare” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,164
- “hager” frequency rank
- #40,584
- “hare” frequency rank
- 69748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hager | hare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dürr, mager, sehnig, knochig (und häufig groß gewachsen) | der Hase |
Letter map: hager vs hare
Shared letters muted; letters that set hager and hare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hager runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hare's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hager and hare
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hager is anadjective and hareanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hager is recorded at frequency rank #29,164, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaːɡɐ]. 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 69748, this pair ranks #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hager vs hare
Shared letters: aehr. Private to "hager": g. Private to "hare": -.
"hager" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hager" and "hare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hager" or "hare"?
What to do next
You've compared "hager" and "hare". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hager" 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 #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hager" 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 #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.