hamavshareTell them apart

Which to use

“hama” and “hare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
85250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama hare
Definition Eimer, Schüssel der Hase

Letter map: hama vs hare

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

4 ch
hama
4 ch
hare

Corpus notes: hama and hare

hama and hare are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. hare is at rank #40,584, 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 85250, this pair ranks #111,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs hare

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hama": m. Private to "hare": er.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hama" and "hare" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hama" vs "hare" - which ranks higher?
"hare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,584 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "hare" 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 #111,049 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