harevsharterWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hare is a noun, harter is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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Which to use

“hare” is a noun and “harter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#7,928
“harter” frequency rank
48512
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare harter
Definition der Hase Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hart

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set hare and harter apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch
hare
6 ch
harter

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hare is anoun and harteranadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. harter is at rank #7,928, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaʁtɐ].

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 48512, this pair ranks #1,245,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs harter

Shared letters: aehr. Private to "hare": -. Private to "harter": t.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "harter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae
  • harter ← ahrter · haretr · harrter · harterr · hartre · hartter · hatrer · hharter

Frequency comparison

hare#40,584
harter#7,928

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hare" and "harter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hare" is a noun and "harter" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hare" or "harter"?
"harter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,928 in our German list, against #40,584 for "hare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering hare vs harter

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “hare”; for an adjective, it's “harter”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “hare” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list