Which to use
“hare” is a noun and “herbe” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,584
- “hare” frequency rank
- #32,086
- “herbe” frequency rank
- 72670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hare | herbe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Hase | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs herb |
Letter map: hare vs herbe
Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and herbe apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against herbe's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hare and herbe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hare is anoun and herbeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. herbe is at rank #32,086, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɛʁbə].
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 72670, this pair ranks #381,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hare vs herbe
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "hare": a. Private to "herbe": b.
"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "herbe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hare" for "herbe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hare" vs "herbe" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "hare" vs "herbe" 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 "herbe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hare" and "herbe" 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 #381,774 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.