harevsHöheWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#717
“Höhe” frequency rank
41301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare Höhe
Definition der Hase die Dimension (Größe) nach oben

Letter map: hare vs Höhe

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

4 ch
hare
4 ch
Höhe

Spelling & dictionary notes on hare vs Höhe

hare and Höhe 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 41301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Höhe is at rank #717, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhøːə].

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 41301, this pair ranks #1,483,531 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs Höhe

Shared letters: eh. Private to "hare": ar. Private to "Höhe": ö.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Höhe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hareahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hare" and "Höhe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "Höhe" - which ranks higher?
"Höhe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #717 in our German list, against #40,584 for "hare". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "hare" and "Höhe". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Höhe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,483,531 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hare" and "Höhe" 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 #1,483,531 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