ha vs Hus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ha” is a verb and “Hus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,580
“ha” frequency rank: #42,702
“Hus” frequency rank: 45282
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ha	Hus
Definition	Alternative form of a (“have”).	A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.

Letter map: ha vs Hus

Shared letters muted; letters that set ha and Hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Hus

Grammar separator: ha vs Hus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ha is averb and Husaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ha is recorded at frequency rank #2,580, classified as averb, pronounced /hɑː/. Hus is at rank #42,702, tagged as aname.

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 45282, this pair ranks #222,693 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ha vs Hus

Shared letters: h. Private to "ha": a. Private to "Hus": su.

"ha" · 2 letters · shape CV · "Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ha" and "Hus" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ha" is a verb and "Hus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary English text, does "ha" or "Hus" show up more?

"ha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,580 in our English list, against #42,702 for "Hus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ha" and "Hus".

Full dictionary entry for "ha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #222,693 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ha" and "Hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #222,693 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.