HassvshostsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,598
“Hass” frequency rank
#43,973
“hosts” frequency rank
46571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hass hosts
Definition sehr starke Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas, welche meist Aggression induziert 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host

Letter map: Hass vs hosts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hass and hosts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Hass
5 ch
hosts

Grammar separator: Hass vs hosts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hass is anoun and hostsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46571, 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]. hosts is at rank #43,973, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 46571, this pair ranks #1,314,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hass vs hosts

Shared letters: hs. Private to "Hass": a. Private to "hosts": ot.

"Hass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hassahss · haß · hhass · hsas
  • hostshhosts · hossts · hostss · hostts · hotss · hsots · ohsts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hass" and "hosts" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hass" is a noun and "hosts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hass" or "hosts" show up more?
"Hass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,598 in our German list, against #43,973 for "hosts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hass" and "hosts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hosts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,314,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hass" and "hosts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hosts 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 #1,314,512 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