HausvshitsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#346
“Haus” frequency rank
#7,337
“hits” frequency rank
7683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haus hits
Definition zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit

Letter map: Haus vs hits

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

4 ch
Haus
4 ch
hits

Role in the sentence - Haus and hits

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haus is anoun and hitsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. hits is at rank #7,337, tagged as averb, 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 7683, this pair ranks #1,987,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Haus vs hits

Shared letters: hs. Private to "Haus": au. Private to "hits": it.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hausahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas
  • hitshhits · hist · hitss · hitts · ihts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Haus" for "hits" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Haus" is a noun and "hits" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Haus" or "hits"?
"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our German list, against #7,337 for "hits". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Haus" and "hits". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Haus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,987,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Haus" and "hits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hits vs puzzles". 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 #1,987,292 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