HasevsHisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,295
“Hase” frequency rank
#8,079
“His” frequency rank
18374
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hase His
Definition Säugetier mit langen Ohren aus der Gattung Lepus, speziell der Feldhase Ton mit 264 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton erhöhtes H

Where the eye mixes Hase and His

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Hase
3 ch
His

Look-alike desk: Hase vs His

A purely visual mix-up. Hase ([ˈhaːzə]) and His ([hɪs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18374, 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]. His is at rank #8,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɪs].

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 18374, this pair ranks #1,918,855 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hase vs His

Shared letters: hs. Private to "Hase": ae. Private to "His": i.

"Hase" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "His" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haseahse · haes · hhase · hsae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hase" and "His" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhaːzə] versus [hɪs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Hase" vs "His" - which ranks higher?
"His" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,079 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "His" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,918,855 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hase" and "His" 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 #1,918,855 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