Which to use
“hare” is a noun and “hartes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,584
- “hare” frequency rank
- #12,731
- “hartes” frequency rank
- 53315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hare | hartes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Hase | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hart |
Letter map: hare vs hartes
Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and hartes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hartes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hare / hartes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hare is anoun and hartesanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hartes is at rank #12,731, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaʁtəs].
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 53315, this pair ranks #1,062,842 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hare vs hartes
Shared letters: aehr. Private to "hare": -. Private to "hartes": st.
"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hartes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hare" and "hartes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hare" vs "hartes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "hare" vs "hartes" 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 "hartes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,062,842 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hare" and "hartes" 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 #1,062,842 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.