Which to use
“Heu” and “Heute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,327
- “Heu” frequency rank
- #127
- “Heute” frequency rank
- 17454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Heu | Heute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | getrocknetes Gras; in der Sprache der Landwirtschaft insbesondere der erste Grasschnitt | Gegenwart, die heutige Zeit (Zeit in der wir leben) |
Where the eye mixes Heu and Heute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. Heu ([hɔɪ̯]) and Heute ([ˈhɔɪ̯tə]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Heu” sits inside “Heute”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Heu is recorded at frequency rank #17,327, classified as anoun, pronounced [hɔɪ̯]. Heute is at rank #127, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯tə].
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 17454, this pair ranks #1,927,256 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Heu vs Heute
Shared letters: ehu. Private to "Heu": -. Private to "Heute": t.
"Heu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "Heute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Heute ← ehute · hetue · heuet · heutte · hheute · huete