HahnvshamaTell them apart

Which to use

“Hahn” and “hama” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,046
“Hahn” frequency rank
#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
48712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hahn hama
Definition das männliche Tier verschiedener Vogelarten Eimer, Schüssel

Letter map: Hahn vs hama

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hahn and hama apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Hahn
4 ch
hama

Corpus notes: Hahn and hama

Hahn and hama are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hahn is recorded at frequency rank #4,046, classified as anoun, pronounced [haːn]. hama is at rank #44,666, tagged as anoun.

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 48712, this pair ranks #1,238,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hahn vs hama

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hahn": n. Private to "hama": m.

"Hahn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hahnahhn · hahhn · hahnn · hanh · hhahn · hhan
  • hamaahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hahn" and "hama" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hahn" vs "hama" - which ranks higher?
"Hahn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,046 in our German list, against #44,666 for "hama". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "Hahn" vs "hama" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hahn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,238,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hahn" and "hama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hama vs haze". 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 #1,238,442 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list