hachevshareConfusable pair

Which to use

“hache” and “hare” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,844
“hache” frequency rank
#14,154
“hare” frequency rank
61998
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hache hare
Definition Nombre de la letra h. (Lepus) Liebre.

Where the eye mixes hache and hare

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hache
4 ch
hare

Look-alike desk: hache vs hare

A purely visual mix-up. hache ([ˈat͡ʃe]) and hare (/hɛə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hache is recorded at frequency rank #47,844, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈat͡ʃe]. hare is at rank #14,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɛə/.

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 61998, this pair ranks #53,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hache vs hare

Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hache": c. Private to "hare": r.

"hache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hacheahche · hacche · haceh · hachhe · hahce · hcahe · hhache
  • harehaer · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hache" and "hare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈat͡ʃe] versus /hɛə/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "hache" vs "hare" - which ranks higher?
"hare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,154 in our Spanish list, against #47,844 for "hache". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "hache" and "hare" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hache" and "hare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hache vs hucha". 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 #53,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list