Haus
"haus" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Haus” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,426
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname
Corpus desk
Index EN-haus · Haus · English
Haus · rank #38,426 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,426
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH haphazard
Nearest frequency peer: haphazard (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Haus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Guadalajara
Guadalajara
61,579 corpus weight
- haphazard
haphazard
61,577 corpus weight
- Haus
Haus
61,575 corpus weight
- Hempstead
Hempstead
61,573 corpus weight
- huck
huck
61,570 corpus weight
- Hyperion
Hyperion
61,569 corpus weight
What this shows “Haus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Haus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Haus, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,426 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Haus, with forms such as "ahus", "hasu", and "hauss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hu", "his", "huh", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haus (“house”). Compare Hausmann, House. The correct English form is Haus, spelled H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1A surname
Etymology
From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haus (“house”). Compare Hausmann, House.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahus
- hasu
- hauss
- hhaus
- huas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Haus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Haus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).