Which to use
“hare” is a noun and “hye” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,895
- “hare” frequency rank
- #21,825
- “hye” frequency rank
- 33720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hare | hye |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. | Obsolete spelling of high. |
Letter map: hare vs hye
Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and hye apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hare / hye
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hare is anoun and hyeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hare is recorded at frequency rank #11,895, classified as anoun, pronounced /hɛə/. hye is at rank #21,825, tagged as anadj.
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 33720, this pair ranks #326,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hare vs hye
Shared letters: eh. Private to "hare": ar. Private to "hye": y.
"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hye" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hare" and "hye" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hare" vs "hye" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "hare" vs "hye" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hare" and "hye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hye". 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 #326,965 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.