Which to use
“Hass” and “hats” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,598
- “Hass” frequency rank
- #9,734
- “hats” frequency rank
- 12332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hass | hats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sehr starke Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas, welche meist Aggression induziert | Plural des Substantivs hat |
Where the eye mixes Hass and hats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Hass and hats follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Hass with hats
A purely visual mix-up. Hass ([has]) and hats ([hæts]) 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 a single letter - s in “Hass” becomes t in “hats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hass is recorded at frequency rank #2,598, classified as anoun, pronounced [has]. hats is at rank #9,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hæts].
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 12332, this pair ranks #1,964,800 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Hass vs hats
Shared letters: ahs. Private to "Hass": -. Private to "hats": t.
"Hass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hats" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Hass" and "hats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Hass" or "hats" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Hass" and "hats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,964,800 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hass" and "hats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hats vs haze". 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 #1,964,800 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.