Which to use
“haze” and “hire” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,723
- “haze” frequency rank
- #3,628
- “hire” frequency rank
- 20351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haze | hire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) | A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. |
Where the eye mixes haze and hire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. haze (/heɪz/) and hire (/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haze is recorded at frequency rank #16,723, classified as anoun, pronounced /heɪz/. hire is at rank #3,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhaɪ(.)ə/.
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 20351, this pair ranks #431,684 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of haze vs hire
Shared letters: eh. Private to "haze": az. Private to "hire": ir.
"haze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hire" · 4 letters · shape CVCV