Which to use
“Haus” and “house” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #346
- “Haus” frequency rank
- #4,210
- “house” frequency rank
- 4556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haus | house |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude | Wohnort des Menschen; Gebäude, das errichtet wurde, um in ihm zu wohnen |
Where the eye mixes Haus and house
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Haus with house
A purely visual mix-up. Haus ([haʊ̯s]) and house ([haʊs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. house is at rank #4,210, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haʊs].
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 4556, this pair ranks #1,997,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Haus vs house
Shared letters: hsu. Private to "Haus": a. Private to "house": eo.
"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Haus" and "house" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Haus" or "house"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Haus" and "house" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Haus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "house" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,997,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haus" and "house" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Homs vs house". 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 #1,997,383 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.