harevsHerdWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#9,043
“Herd” frequency rank
49627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare Herd
Definition der Hase (zentrale) Feuerstelle, Wärmequelle und Kochstelle eines Hauses

Letter map: hare vs Herd

Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and Herd apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hare
4 ch
Herd

Corpus notes: hare and Herd

hare and Herd 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Herd is at rank #9,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced [heːɐ̯t].

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 49627, this pair ranks #1,204,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs Herd

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "hare": a. Private to "Herd": d.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Herd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hareahre · harre · hhare · hrae
  • Herdehrd · hedr · herdd · herrd · hherd · hred

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hare" and "Herd" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hare" vs "Herd" - which ranks higher?
"Herd" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,043 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hare" and "Herd".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Herd" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,204,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hare" and "Herd" 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 #1,204,306 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