Which to use
“hale” and “haze” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,821
- “hale” frequency rank
- #49,774
- “haze” frequency rank
- 85595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hale | haze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dativ Singular des Substantivs hala | Atmosphäre, Wetter: sehr feine, weit verstreute feste oder flüssige Partikel in der Luft |
Where the eye mixes hale and haze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hale and haze follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: hale vs haze
A purely visual mix-up. hale ([ˈɦalɛ]) and haze ([heɪz]) 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 a single letter - l in “hale” becomes z in “haze”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hale is recorded at frequency rank #35,821, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɦalɛ]. 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 85595, this pair ranks #106,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hale vs haze
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hale": l. Private to "haze": z.
"hale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "haze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hale" for "haze" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hale" 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 #106,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hale" 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 #106,001 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.