Which to use
“Haus” and “hug” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #346
- “Haus” frequency rank
- #25,600
- “hug” frequency rank
- 25946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haus | hug |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude | die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden |
Where the eye mixes Haus and hug
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. Haus ([haʊ̯s]) and hug ([hʌɡ]) 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 25946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. hug is at rank #25,600, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hʌɡ].
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 25946, this pair ranks #1,825,600 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Haus vs hug
Shared letters: hu. Private to "Haus": as. Private to "hug": g.
"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hug" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas