harevsHöfeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#16,734
“Höfe” frequency rank
57318
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare Höfe
Definition der Hase Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hof

Letter map: hare vs Höfe

Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and Höfe apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hare and Höfe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
hare
4 ch
Höfe

Spelling & dictionary notes on hare vs Höfe

hare and Höfe 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 57318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Höfe is at rank #16,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhøːfə].

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 57318, this pair ranks #905,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs Höfe

Shared letters: eh. Private to "hare": ar. Private to "Höfe": fö.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Höfe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hare" for "Höfe" ever safe?
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 "Höfe" - which ranks higher?
"Höfe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,734 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.

What to do next

Pair "hare" vs "Höfe" 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 "Höfe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #905,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hare" and "Höfe" 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 #905,927 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