HausvsHauserWhich spelling fits?

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

#38,426
“Haus” frequency rank
#31,592
“Hauser” frequency rank
70018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haus Hauser
Definition A surname A surname from German.

Letter map: Haus vs Hauser

Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and Hauser apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Haus runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Hauser's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Haus
6 ch
Hauser

Corpus notes: Haus and Hauser

Haus and Hauser 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Haus” sits inside “Hauser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haus is recorded at frequency rank #38,426, classified as aname. Hauser is at rank #31,592, 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 70018, this pair ranks #52,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Haus vs Hauser

Shared letters: ahsu. Private to "Haus": -. Private to "Hauser": er.

"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Hauser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas
  • Hauser ← ahuser · hasuer · hauesr · hauserr · hausre · hausser · hhauser · huaser

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Haus" and "Hauser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Haus” sits inside “Hauser”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Haus" vs "Hauser" - which ranks higher?
"Hauser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,592 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Haus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hauser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Haus" and "Hauser" 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 #52,246 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