Which to use
“het” is a determiner and “hurt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,178
- “het” frequency rank
- #43,976
- “hurt” frequency rank
- 60154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | het | hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | definiter (bestimmter) Artikel neutrum; das | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs huren |
Where the eye mixes het and hurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: het vs hurt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: het is [(h)ət] while hurt is [huːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
het is recorded at frequency rank #16,178, classified as adet, pronounced [(h)ət]. hurt is at rank #43,976, tagged as averb, pronounced [huːɐ̯t].
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 60154, this pair ranks #797,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of het vs hurt
Shared letters: ht. Private to "het": e. Private to "hurt": ru.
"het" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hurt ← hhurt · hrut · hurrt · hurtt · hutr · uhrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "het" and "hurt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "het" or "hurt" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "het" and "hurt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "het" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #797,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "het" and "hurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum vs hurt". 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 #797,484 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.