har vs Haus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“har” is an adverb and “Haus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,383
“har” frequency rank: #346
“Haus” frequency rank: 36729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	har	Haus
Definition	dort	zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set har and Haus apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

har

4 ch

Haus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: har is [hɛaɹ] while Haus is [haʊ̯s]. 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 (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

har is recorded at frequency rank #36,383, classified as anadv, pronounced [hɛaɹ]. 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 36729, this pair ranks #1,608,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of har vs Haus

Shared letters: ah. Private to "har": r. Private to "Haus": su.

"har" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequency comparison

har#36,383

Haus#346

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "har" and "Haus" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "har" is an adverb and "Haus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "har" or "Haus"?

"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our German list, against #36,383 for "har". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering har vs Haus

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adverb, it's “har”; for a noun, it's “Haus”.
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