hassevsHassesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,397
“hasse” frequency rank
#39,987
“Hasses” frequency rank
42384
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hasse Hasses
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hassen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hass

Where the eye mixes hasse and Hasses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hasse
6 ch
Hasses

Visual trap between hasse and Hasses

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hasse is [ˈhasə] while Hasses is [ˈhasəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hasse” sits inside “Hasses”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hasse is recorded at frequency rank #2,397, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhasə]. Hasses is at rank #39,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhasəs].

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 42384, this pair ranks #1,451,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hasse vs Hasses

Shared letters: aehs. Private to "hasse": -. Private to "Hasses": -.

"hasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Hasses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hasseahsse · hases · haße · hhasse · hsase
  • Hassesahsses · hasess · hassess · hassse · haßes · hhasses · hsases

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hasse" and "Hasses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hasse" is a verb and "Hasses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hasse" or "Hasses"?
"hasse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,397 in our German list, against #39,987 for "Hasses". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hasses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,451,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hasse" and "Hasses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hasser vs Hasses". 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 #1,451,061 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