# hau vs how

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hau
*verb · IPA [haʊ̯] · frequency rank #7,064*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs hauen

### how
*adverb · IPA [haʊ] · frequency rank #4,899*
nach der Methode fragend

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hau-vs-how