Which to use
“Hakan” is a name and “hakt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,975
- “Hakan” frequency rank
- #32,583
- “hakt” frequency rank
- 69558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hakan | hakt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haken |
Letter map: Hakan vs hakt
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hakan and hakt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Hakan runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hakt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Hakan / hakt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hakan is aname and haktaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hakan is recorded at frequency rank #36,975, classified as aname, pronounced […]. hakt is at rank #32,583, tagged as averb, pronounced [haːkt].
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 69558, this pair ranks #472,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Hakan vs hakt
Shared letters: ahk. Private to "Hakan": n. Private to "hakt": t.
"Hakan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hakan" for "hakt" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Hakan" or "hakt"?
What to do next
You've compared "Hakan" and "hakt". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hakan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hakt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #472,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hakan" and "hakt" 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 #472,954 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.