HajovshamaTell them apart

Quick tell: Hajo is a name, hama is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hajo” is a name and “hama” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,664
“Hajo” frequency rank
#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
89330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hajo hama
Definition männlicher Vorname Eimer, Schüssel

Letter map: Hajo vs hama

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hajo and hama apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hajo and hama follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Hajo
4 ch
hama

Grammar separator: Hajo vs hama

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hajo is aname and hamaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hajo is recorded at frequency rank #44,664, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈhaːjo]. 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 89330, this pair ranks #58,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hajo vs hama

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hajo": jo. Private to "hama": m.

"Hajo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hajo ← ahjo · hajjo · haoj · hhajo · hjao
  • hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hajo" and "hama" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hajo" is a name and "hama" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Hajo" or "hama"?
"Hajo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,664 in our German list, against #44,666 for "hama". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hajo" and "hama".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hajo" 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 #58,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hajo" 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 #58,510 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