Which to use
“Haut” and “hour” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,391
- “Haut” frequency rank
- #18,576
- “hour” frequency rank
- 19967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haut | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | größtes Sinnesorgan bei Menschen und Tieren, das gleichzeitig als Schutz des darunterliegenden Gewebes, Atmung, Wärmeregulierung und anderem dient | Stunde |
Where the eye mixes Haut and hour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Haut vs hour
A purely visual mix-up. Haut ([haʊ̯t]) and hour ([aʊə(ɹ)]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haut is recorded at frequency rank #1,391, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯t]. hour is at rank #18,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aʊə(ɹ)].
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 19967, this pair ranks #1,902,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Haut vs hour
Shared letters: hu. Private to "Haut": at. Private to "hour": or.
"Haut" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Haut" and "hour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Haut" or "hour"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Haut" and "hour" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Haut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,902,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haut" and "hour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "höh vs hour". 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 #1,902,731 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.