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

#39,987
“Hasses” frequency rank
#2,599
“Hauses” frequency rank
42586
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hasses Hauses
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hass Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Haus

Where the eye mixes Hasses and Hauses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Hasses (CVCCVC) and Hauses (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Hasses
6 ch
Hauses

Visual trap between Hasses and Hauses

A purely visual mix-up. Hasses ([ˈhasəs]) and Hauses ([ˈhaʊ̯zəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “Hasses” becomes u in “Hauses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hasses is recorded at frequency rank #39,987, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhasəs]. Hauses is at rank #2,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaʊ̯zəs].

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 42586, this pair ranks #1,444,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hasses vs Hauses

Shared letters: aehs. Private to "Hasses": -. Private to "Hauses": u.

"Hasses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Hauses" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hasses ← ahsses · hasess · hassess · hassse · haßes · hhasses · hsases
  • Hauses ← ahuses · hasues · hauess · hausess · hausses · hhauses · huases

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hasses" and "Hauses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhasəs] versus [ˈhaʊ̯zəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Hasses" or "Hauses" show up more?
"Hauses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,599 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hasses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hauses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,444,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hasses" and "Hauses" 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 #1,444,806 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