HauevsHeConfusable pair

Quick tell: Haue is a noun, He is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Haue” is a noun and “He” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,165
“Haue” frequency rank
#3,534
“He” frequency rank
32699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haue He
Definition Prügel, Hiebe Helium

Letter map: Haue vs He

Shared letters muted; letters that set Haue and He apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Haue
2 ch
He

Role in the sentence - Haue and He

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haue is anoun and Heanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haue is recorded at frequency rank #29,165, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaʊ̯ə]. He is at rank #3,534, tagged as anabbrev.

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 32699, this pair ranks #1,701,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Haue vs He

Shared letters: eh. Private to "Haue": au. Private to "He": -.

"Haue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV  ·  "He" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haueahue · haeu · hhaue · huae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Haue" for "He" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Haue" is a noun and "He" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Haue" vs "He" - which ranks higher?
"He" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,534 in our German list, against #29,165 for "Haue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Haue" and "He". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Haue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "He" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,701,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Haue" and "He" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs Haue". 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 #1,701,954 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