# hard vs hau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hard
*adjective · IPA [hɑː(ɹ)d] · frequency rank #8,386*
hart, fest

### hau
*verb · IPA [haʊ̯] · frequency rank #7,064*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs hauen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hau