Which to use
“haas” and “hae” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,797
- “haas” frequency rank
- #49,121
- “hae” frequency rank
- 78918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haas | hae |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lièvre. | Kava. |
Where the eye mixes haas and hae
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. haas runs 4 letters (CVVC) against hae's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: haas vs hae
A purely visual mix-up. haas (\ɦaːs\) and hae (\hae\) 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 78918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haas is recorded at frequency rank #29,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɦaːs\. hae is at rank #49,121, tagged as anoun, pronounced \hae\.
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 78918, this pair ranks #24,534 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of haas vs hae
Shared letters: ah. Private to "haas": s. Private to "hae": e.
"haas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hae" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- haas ← ahas · haass · hasa · hhaas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haas" and "hae" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "haas" or "hae" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "haas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hae" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,534 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haas" and "hae" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs Hatem". 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 #24,534 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.