Which to use
“hakt” is a verb and “harm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,583
- “hakt” frequency rank
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- 79306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hakt | harm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs haken | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden |
Letter map: hakt vs harm
Shared letters muted; letters that set hakt and harm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hakt and harm follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - hakt and harm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hakt is averb and harmanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hakt is recorded at frequency rank #32,583, classified as averb, pronounced [haːkt]. 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 79306, this pair ranks #219,279 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hakt vs harm
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hakt": kt. Private to "harm": mr.
"hakt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hakt" 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 #219,279 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hakt" 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 #219,279 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.