HakvsHausWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Hak” and “Haus” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,790
“Hak” frequency rank
#38,426
“Haus” frequency rank
87216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hak Haus
Definition A surname. A surname

Letter map: Hak vs Haus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hak and Haus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hak runs 3 letters (CVC) against Haus's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Hak
4 ch
Haus

Spelling & dictionary notes on Hak vs Haus

Hak and Haus are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hak is recorded at frequency rank #48,790, classified as aname. Haus is at rank #38,426, 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 87216, this pair ranks #7,923 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hak vs Haus

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hak": k. Private to "Haus": su.

"Hak" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hak" for "Haus" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hak" vs "Haus" - which ranks higher?
"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,426 in our English list, against #48,790 for "Hak". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Hak" vs "Haus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Haus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,923 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hak" and "Haus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hak vs hoke". 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 #7,923 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list