HasservshissenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,673
“Hasser” frequency rank
#43,966
“hissen” frequency rank
88639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hasser hissen
Definition Person, die eine starke Abneigung gegen etwas hat eine Flagge oder ein Segel am Mast nach oben ziehen

Where the eye mixes Hasser and hissen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Hasser and hissen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Hasser
6 ch
hissen

Look-alike desk: Hasser vs hissen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Hasser is [ˈhasɐ] while hissen is [ˈhɪsn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88639, 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]. hissen is at rank #43,966, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪsn̩].

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 88639, this pair ranks #66,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hasser vs hissen

Shared letters: ehs. Private to "Hasser": ar. Private to "hissen": in.

"Hasser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hissen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hasserahsser · haser · hasesr · hasserr · hassre · haßer · hhasser · hsaser
  • hissenhhissen · hisen · hisesn · hissenn · hissne · hißen · hsisen · ihssen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hasser" and "hissen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hasser" is a noun and "hissen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Hasser" vs "hissen" - which ranks higher?
"hissen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,966 in our German list, against #44,673 for "Hasser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Hasser" and "hissen" 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 "hissen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hasser" and "hissen" 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 #66,179 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