Which to use
“hasse” is a verb and “Hesse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,397
- “hasse” frequency rank
- #11,066
- “Hesse” frequency rank
- 13463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hasse | Hesse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hassen | ein im Bundesland Hessen (Deutschland) geborener oder dort auf Dauer lebender Mensch |
Where the eye mixes hasse and Hesse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hasse and Hesse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: hasse vs Hesse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hasse is [ˈhasə] while Hesse is [ˈhɛsə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “hasse” becomes e in “Hesse”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13463, 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]. Hesse is at rank #11,066, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɛsə].
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 13463, this pair ranks #1,957,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hasse vs Hesse
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "hasse": a. Private to "Hesse": -.
"hasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Hesse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hasse" and "Hesse" 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 "Hesse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,957,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hasse" and "Hesse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hegte vs Hesse". 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 #1,957,823 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.