haktvshazeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,583
“hakt” frequency rank
#49,774
“haze” frequency rank
82357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hakt haze
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haken Atmosphäre, Wetter: sehr feine, weit verstreute feste oder flüssige Partikel in der Luft

Where the eye mixes hakt and haze

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. hakt (CVCC) and haze (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hakt
4 ch
haze

Visual trap between hakt and haze

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hakt is [haːkt] while haze is [heɪz]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82357, 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]. haze is at rank #49,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced [heɪz].

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 82357, this pair ranks #158,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hakt vs haze

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hakt": kt. Private to "haze": ez.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hakt ← ahkt · hakkt · haktt · hatk · hhakt · hkat
  • haze ← ahze · haez · hazze · hhaze · hzae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hakt" and "haze" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hakt" is a verb and "haze" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hakt" or "haze"?
"hakt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,583 in our German list, against #49,774 for "haze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "hakt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "haze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hakt" and "haze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs haze". 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 #158,764 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