Which to use
“Haus” is a noun and “heut” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #346
- “Haus” frequency rank
- #5,604
- “heut” frequency rank
- 5950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haus | heut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude | an diesem Tage |
Where the eye mixes Haus and heut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Haus is [haʊ̯s] while heut is [hɔɪ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. heut is at rank #5,604, tagged as anadv, pronounced [hɔɪ̯t].
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 5950, this pair ranks #1,993,190 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Haus vs heut
Shared letters: hu. Private to "Haus": as. Private to "heut": et.
"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "heut" · 4 letters · shape CVVC