Which to use
“hak” is a verb and “harm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,795
- “hak” frequency rank
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- 85518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hak | harm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haken | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden |
Letter map: hak vs harm
Shared letters muted; letters that set hak and harm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hak runs 3 letters (CVC) against harm's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hak / harm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hak is averb and harmanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hak is recorded at frequency rank #38,795, classified as averb, pronounced [haːk]. harm is at rank #46,723, tagged as anoun, 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 85518, this pair ranks #107,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hak vs harm
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hak": k. Private to "harm": mr.
"hak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hak" and "harm" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "hak" or "harm" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "hak" vs "harm" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hak" and "harm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harm 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 #107,074 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.