Haie
[ˈhaɪ̯ə]
The verdict
“Haie” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,444) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #16,444
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Hai
Corpus desk
Index DE-haie · Haie · German
Haie · rank #16,444 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,444
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH gray
Nearest frequency peer: gray (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Haie“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Gottesdiens…
Gottesdienste
83,560 corpus weight
- gray
gray
83,558 corpus weight
- Haie
Haie
83,557 corpus weight
- Halberstadt
Halberstadt
83,556 corpus weight
- Heeres
Heeres
83,555 corpus weight
- Heinrichs
Heinrichs
83,554 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Haie“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯ə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Haie“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Haie is neighbouring look-alikes ("hi", "He", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯ə]. Frequency #16,444 among 3,372 “H” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Haie, with forms such as "ahie", "haei", and "hhaie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hi", "He", "hat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Haie, spelled H-A-I-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Hai
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hai
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Hai
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Hai
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahie
- haei
- hhaie
- hiae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Haie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Haie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).