hamavsHarmsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#31,599
“Harms” frequency rank
76265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama Harms
Definition Eimer, Schüssel Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Harm

Letter map: hama vs Harms

Shared letters muted; letters that set hama and Harms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hama runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Harms's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hama
5 ch
Harms

Pair insight - hama / Harms

hama and Harms 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. Harms is at rank #31,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haʁms].

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 76265, this pair ranks #287,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs Harms

Shared letters: ahm. Private to "hama": -. Private to "Harms": rs.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Harms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • Harms ← ahrms · hamrs · harmms · harmss · harrms · harsm · hharms · hrams

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hama" and "Harms" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hama" vs "Harms" - which ranks higher?
"Harms" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,599 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

Pair "hama" vs "Harms" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Harms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #287,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "Harms" 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 #287,954 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