Which to use
“hastig” and “heftig” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,600
- “hastig” frequency rank
- #3,660
- “heftig” frequency rank
- 35260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hastig | heftig |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zu schnell und ohne Sorgfalt, genaue Überlegung oder große Vorbereitung; in großer Eile | mit großer Intensität; sehr stark |
Where the eye mixes hastig and heftig
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hastig and heftig follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: hastig vs heftig
A purely visual mix-up. hastig ([ˈhastɪç]) and heftig ([ˈhɛftɪç]) 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 35260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hastig is recorded at frequency rank #31,600, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhastɪç]. heftig is at rank #3,660, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɛftɪç].
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 35260, this pair ranks #1,644,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hastig vs heftig
Shared letters: ghit. Private to "hastig": as. Private to "heftig": ef.
"hastig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "heftig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hastig" and "heftig" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hastig" or "heftig" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hastig" and "heftig" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hastig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heftig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,644,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hastig" and "heftig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haarig vs hastig". 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 #1,644,163 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.