Which to use
“friends” is a noun and “Hakan” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #36,975
- “Hakan” frequency rank
- 48210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | Hakan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: friends vs Hakan
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and Hakan apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against Hakan's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - friends and Hakan
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: friends is anoun and Hakananame. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Hakan is at rank #36,975, tagged as aname, pronounced […].
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 48210, this pair ranks #1,256,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs Hakan
Shared letters: n. Private to "friends": defirs. Private to "Hakan": ahk.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "Hakan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friends" for "Hakan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "friends" vs "Hakan" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "friends" vs "Hakan" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hakan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,256,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "Hakan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hakan vs puzzles". 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 #1,256,860 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.