harevsHaremWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#40,585
“Harem” frequency rank
81169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare Harem
Definition der Hase von den Männern abgegrenzter Wohnbereich für Frauen in einem Haus

Letter map: hare vs Harem

Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and Harem apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Harem's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hare
5 ch
Harem

Spelling & dictionary notes on hare vs Harem

hare and Harem 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hare” sits inside “Harem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Harem is at rank #40,585, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaːʁɛm].

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 81169, this pair ranks #180,926 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs Harem

Shared letters: aehr. Private to "hare": -. Private to "Harem": m.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Harem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae
  • Harem ← ahrem · haerm · haremm · harme · harrem · hharem · hraem

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hare" and "Harem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hare” sits inside “Harem”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "hare" or "Harem"?
"hare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,584 in our German list, against #40,585 for "Harem". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hare" vs "Harem" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Harem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,926 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hare" and "Harem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hare vs puzzles". 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 #180,926 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