Which to use
“Halt” is a noun and “har” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #383
- “Halt” frequency rank
- #36,383
- “har” frequency rank
- 36766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Halt | har |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Station eines Verkehrsmittels, an der dieses hält | dort |
Where the eye mixes Halt and har
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Halt is [halt] while har is [hɛaɹ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Halt is recorded at frequency rank #383, classified as anoun, pronounced [halt]. har is at rank #36,383, tagged as anadv, pronounced [hɛaɹ].
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 36766, this pair ranks #1,607,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Halt vs har
Shared letters: ah. Private to "Halt": lt. Private to "har": r.
"Halt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "har" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Halt ← ahlt · haltt · hatl · hhalt · hlat