HaschvshuschTell them apart

Quick tell: Hasch is a noun, husch is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hasch” is a noun and “husch” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,586
“Hasch” frequency rank
#38,189
“husch” frequency rank
78775
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hasch husch
Definition aus dem von den Drüsenhaaren an Blättern, Blüten und Stengeln (besonders der weiblichen Pflanzen) ausgeschiedenen harzartigen Sekret ursprünglich vor allem in Indien und im Orient (Naher Osten und Nordafrika) angebauter Sorten des Indischen Hanfs (Cannabis sativa indica) gewonnenes Mittel beziehungsweise Präparat, das bei Einnahme einen durch die im Sekret befindlichen ätherischen Öle (vor allem durch den darin enthaltenen psychoaktiven Wirkstoff Tetrahydrocannabinol) verursachten Rauschzustand bewirkt und deshalb als Ingredienz vor allem von Rauchwaren sowie Gebäck, Süßigkeiten und Getränken verwendet wird (und daher als Genussmittel, Mode- und Volksdroge zu psychischer [nicht physischer] Abhängigkeit führen und dessen Genuss sich somit als Einstiegsdroge zu stärkeren Rauschgiften auswirken kann, wodurch sich – international – eine Uneinigkeit bezüglich Tolerierung und Legalisierung des Besitzes, Konsums und Handels erklärt) 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs huschen

Where the eye mixes Hasch and husch

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Hasch
5 ch
husch

Look-alike desk: Hasch vs husch

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Hasch is [haʃ] while husch is [hʊʃ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “Hasch” becomes u in “husch”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hasch is recorded at frequency rank #40,586, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʃ]. husch is at rank #38,189, tagged as averb, pronounced [hʊʃ].

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 78775, this pair ranks #230,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hasch vs husch

Shared letters: chs. Private to "Hasch": a. Private to "husch": u.

"Hasch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "husch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haschahsch · hacsh · hascch · haschh · hashc · hassch · hhasch · hsach
  • huschhhusch · hsuch · hucsh · huscch · huschh · hushc · hussch · uhsch

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hasch" and "husch" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hasch" is a noun and "husch" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hasch" or "husch" show up more?
"husch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,189 in our German list, against #40,586 for "Hasch". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Hasch" and "husch" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hasch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "husch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #230,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hasch" and "husch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Harsch vs Hasch". 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 #230,883 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