HasservsHäuserConfusable pair

Which to use

“Hasser” and “Häuser” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,673
“Hasser” frequency rank
#2,250
“Häuser” frequency rank
46923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hasser Häuser
Definition Person, die eine starke Abneigung gegen etwas hat Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Haus

Where the eye mixes Hasser and Häuser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Hasser
6 ch
Häuser

Why the eye confuses Hasser with Häuser

A purely visual mix-up. Hasser ([ˈhasɐ]) and Häuser ([ˈhɔɪ̯zɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hasser is recorded at frequency rank #44,673, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhasɐ]. 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 46923, this pair ranks #1,302,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hasser vs Häuser

Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "Hasser": a. Private to "Häuser": .

"Hasser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Häuser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hasserahsser · haser · hasesr · hasserr · hassre · haßer · hhasser · hsaser

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hasser" and "Häuser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhasɐ] versus [ˈhɔɪ̯zɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Hasser" or "Häuser"?
"Häuser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,250 in our German list, against #44,673 for "Hasser". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hasser" 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 #1,302,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hasser" and "Häuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hader vs Hasser". 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 #1,302,299 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