hamavshannWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#26,445
“hann” frequency rank
71111
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama hann
Definition Eimer, Schüssel Personalpronomen der 3. Person Maskulinum Singular im Nominativ: er

Letter map: hama vs hann

Shared letters muted; letters that set hama and hann apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hama (CVCV) and hann (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hama
4 ch
hann

Role in the sentence - hama and hann

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and hannapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. hann is at rank #26,445, tagged as apron, pronounced [hanː].

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 71111, this pair ranks #426,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs hann

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • hann ← ahnn · han · hhann · hnan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hama" and "hann" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hama" is a noun and "hann" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hama" or "hann"?
"hann" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,445 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

You've compared "hama" and "hann". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hann" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #426,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "hann" 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 #426,383 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