Which to use
“habt” is a verb and “ham” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #701
- “habt” frequency rank
- #10,294
- “ham” frequency rank
- 10995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habt | ham |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haben | äußerste Hautschicht bei Amphibien und Reptilien; Haut |
Where the eye mixes habt and ham
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habt is [haːpt] while ham is [ˈhɑmˀ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habt is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as averb, pronounced [haːpt]. ham is at rank #10,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɑmˀ].
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 10995, this pair ranks #1,972,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habt vs ham
Shared letters: ah. Private to "habt": bt. Private to "ham": m.
"habt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ham" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habt ← ahbt · habbt · habtt · hatb · hbat · hhabt