Hausbau
[ˈhaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Hausbau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,910
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Errichtung eines Gebäudes
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 | Hausbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hausbau” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hausbau (IPA [ˈhaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,910 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hausbau, with forms such as "ahusbau", "hasubau", and "haubsau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Hausrat", "Hausfrau", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Hausbau, spelled H-A-U-S-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Errichtung eines Gebäudes
- 2das errichtete Gebäude
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahusbau
- hasubau
- haubsau
- hausabu
- hausbbau
- hausbua
- haussbau
- hhausbau
- huasbau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hausbau - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Using “Hausbau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-S-B-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Hausrat” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hausbau vs Hausrat
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.