hamavsHausTell them apart

Which to use

“hama” and “Haus” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#346
“Haus” frequency rank
45012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama Haus
Definition Eimer, Schüssel zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude

Letter map: hama vs Haus

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

4 ch
hama
4 ch
Haus

Corpus notes: hama and Haus

hama and Haus are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. Haus is at rank #346, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s].

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 45012, this pair ranks #1,367,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs Haus

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hama": m. Private to "Haus": su.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hama" and "Haus" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "hama" or "Haus" show up more?
"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our German list, against #44,666 for "hama". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "hama" and "Haus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Haus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,367,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "Haus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hama 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 #1,367,373 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