Hase vs He, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Hase” is a noun and “He” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,295
“Hase” frequency rank: #3,534
“He” frequency rank: 13829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Hase	He
Definition	Säugetier mit langen Ohren aus der Gattung Lepus, speziell der Feldhase	Helium

Letter map: Hase vs He

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hase and He apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

Hase

2 ch

Grammar separator: Hase vs He

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hase is anoun and Heanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hase is recorded at frequency rank #10,295, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaːzə]. He is at rank #3,534, tagged as anabbrev.

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 13829, this pair ranks #1,955,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hase vs He

Shared letters: eh. Private to "Hase": as. Private to "He": -.

"Hase" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "He" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

Hase ← ahse · haes · hhase · hsae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hase" for "He" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hase" is a noun and "He" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Hase" or "He"?

"He" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,534 in our German list, against #10,295 for "Hase". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Hase" and "He". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Hase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "He" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,955,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Hase" and "He" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs Hase". 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 #1,955,409 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.