haktvshareTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#32,583
“hakt” frequency rank
#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
73167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hakt hare
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haken der Hase

Letter map: hakt vs hare

Shared letters muted; letters that set hakt and hare apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hakt (CVCC) and hare (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hakt
4 ch
hare

Grammar separator: hakt vs hare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hakt is averb and hareanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hakt is recorded at frequency rank #32,583, classified as averb, pronounced [haːkt]. 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 73167, this pair ranks #367,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hakt vs hare

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hakt": kt. Private to "hare": er.

"hakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hakt ← ahkt · hakkt · haktt · hatk · hhakt · hkat
  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hakt" and "hare" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hakt" is a verb and "hare" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "hakt" or "hare" show up more?
"hakt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,583 in our German list, against #40,584 for "hare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hakt" and "hare".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hakt" 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 #367,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hakt" 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 #367,893 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