HausvsHusWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,426
“Haus” frequency rank
#42,702
“Hus” frequency rank
81128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Haus Hus
Definition A surname A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.

Letter map: Haus vs Hus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and Hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Haus runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Hus's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Haus
3 ch
Hus

Pair insight - Haus / Hus

Haus and Hus 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haus is recorded at frequency rank #38,426, classified as aname. Hus is at rank #42,702, 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 81128, this pair ranks #18,338 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Haus vs Hus

Shared letters: hsu. Private to "Haus": a. Private to "Hus": -.

"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Haus" and "Hus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Haus" vs "Hus" - which ranks higher?
"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,426 in our English list, against #42,702 for "Hus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Haus" and "Hus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Haus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,338 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Haus" and "Hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". 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 #18,338 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