Which to use
“Haus” is a name and “heads” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,426
- “Haus” frequency rank
- #2,159
- “heads” frequency rank
- 40585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haus | heads |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname | A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up. |
Letter map: Haus vs heads
Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and heads apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Haus runs 4 letters (CVVC) against heads's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Haus and heads
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haus is aname and headsanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haus is recorded at frequency rank #38,426, classified as aname. heads is at rank #2,159, tagged as anintj, pronounced /hɛdz/.
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 40585, this pair ranks #266,225 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Haus vs heads
Shared letters: ahs. Private to "Haus": u. Private to "heads": de.
"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "heads" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Haus" for "heads" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Haus" vs "heads" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "Haus" vs "heads" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Haus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heads" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,225 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haus" and "heads" 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 #266,225 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.