hassevsHäuserWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,397
“hasse” frequency rank
#2,250
“Häuser” frequency rank
4647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hasse Häuser
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hassen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Haus

Where the eye mixes hasse and Häuser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hasse
6 ch
Häuser

Visual trap between hasse and Häuser

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hasse is [ˈhasə] while Häuser is [ˈhɔɪ̯zɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4647, 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]. Häuser is at rank #2,250, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯zɐ].

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 4647, this pair ranks #1,997,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hasse vs Häuser

Shared letters: ehs. Private to "hasse": a. Private to "Häuser": ruä.

"hasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Häuser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hasseahsse · hases · haße · hhasse · hsase

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hasse" and "Häuser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hasse" is a verb and "Häuser" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hasse" vs "Häuser" - which ranks higher?
"Häuser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,250 in our German list, against #2,397 for "hasse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "hasse" and "Häuser" 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 "Häuser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,997,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hasse" and "Häuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs hasse". 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 #1,997,113 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