HausvshawkWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#346
“Haus” frequency rank
#23,557
“hawk” frequency rank
23903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haus hawk
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Letter map: Haus vs hawk

Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and hawk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Haus
4 ch
hawk

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Haus and hawk are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. hawk is at rank #23,557, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 23903, this pair ranks #1,855,023 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Haus vs hawk

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Haus": su. Private to "hawk": kw.

"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "hawk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hausahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas
  • hawkahwk · hakw · hawkk · hawwk · hhawk · hwak

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Haus" and "hawk" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Haus" or "hawk"?
"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our German list, against #23,557 for "hawk". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list