hattetvsHäutenTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,161
“hattet” frequency rank
#48,238
“Häuten” frequency rank
61399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hattet Häuten
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haben Tötung durch Entfernen der Haut

Where the eye mixes hattet and Häuten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hattet (CVCCVC) and Häuten (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
hattet
6 ch
Häuten

Look-alike desk: hattet vs Häuten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hattet is [ˈhatət] while Häuten is [ˈhɔɪ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hattet is recorded at frequency rank #13,161, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhatət]. Häuten is at rank #48,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯tn̩].

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 61399, this pair ranks #751,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hattet vs Häuten

Shared letters: eht. Private to "hattet": a. Private to "Häuten": nuä.

"hattet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Häuten" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hattet ← ahttet · hatett · hattett · hattte · hhattet · htatet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hattet" and "Häuten" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hattet" is a verb and "Häuten" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hattet" vs "Häuten" - which ranks higher?
"hattet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,161 in our German list, against #48,238 for "Häuten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hattet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Häuten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #751,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hattet" and "Häuten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harren vs Häuten". 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 #751,274 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