hathvsHausWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hath is a verb, Haus is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#12,617
“hath” frequency rank
#38,426
“Haus” frequency rank
51043
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hath Haus
Definition third-person singular simple present indicative of have A surname

Letter map: hath vs Haus

Shared letters muted; letters that set hath and Haus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hath
4 ch
Haus

Grammar separator: hath vs Haus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hath is averb and Hausaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hath is recorded at frequency rank #12,617, classified as averb, pronounced /hæθ/. 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 51043, this pair ranks #168,884 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hath vs Haus

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hath": t. Private to "Haus": su.

"hath" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hathahth · haht · hathh · hatth · hhath · htah
  • Hausahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hath" and "Haus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hath" is a verb and "Haus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "hath" or "Haus" show up more?
"hath" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,617 in our English list, against #38,426 for "Haus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hath" and "Haus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hath" 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 #168,884 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hath" and "Haus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Haus vs hocus". 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 #168,884 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