Which to use
“Haus” is a name and “heals” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,426
- “Haus” frequency rank
- #19,104
- “heals” frequency rank
- 57530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haus | heals |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname | third-person singular simple present indicative of heal |
Letter map: Haus vs heals
Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and heals apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Haus runs 4 letters (CVVC) against heals'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 heals
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haus is aname and healsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haus is recorded at frequency rank #38,426, classified as aname. heals is at rank #19,104, tagged as averb, pronounced /hiːlz/.
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 57530, this pair ranks #118,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Haus vs heals
Shared letters: ahs. Private to "Haus": u. Private to "heals": el.
"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "heals" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Haus" for "heals" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "Haus" or "heals" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "Haus" vs "heals" 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 "heals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haus" and "heals" 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 #118,720 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.