HausesvshouseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,599
“Hauses” frequency rank
#4,210
“house” frequency rank
6809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hauses house
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Haus Wohnort des Menschen; Gebäude, das errichtet wurde, um in ihm zu wohnen

Where the eye mixes Hauses and house

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Hauses
5 ch
house

Visual trap between Hauses and house

A purely visual mix-up. Hauses ([ˈhaʊ̯zəs]) 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 6809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hauses is recorded at frequency rank #2,599, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaʊ̯zəs]. 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 6809, this pair ranks #1,990,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hauses vs house

Shared letters: ehsu. Private to "Hauses": a. Private to "house": o.

"Hauses" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hausesahuses · hasues · hauess · hausess · hausses · hhauses · huases
  • househhouse · hosue · houes · housse · huose · ohuse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hauses" and "house" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhaʊ̯zəs] versus [haʊs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Hauses" or "house"?
"Hauses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,599 in our German list, against #4,210 for "house". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hauses" 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 #1,990,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hauses" 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 #1,990,383 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