hamavshartConfusable pair

Quick tell: hama is a noun, hart is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#1,111
“hart” frequency rank
45777
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama hart
Definition Eimer, Schüssel nur mit großem Kraftaufwand verformbar

Letter map: hama vs hart

Shared letters muted; letters that set hama and hart apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hama
4 ch
hart

Role in the sentence - hama and hart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and hartanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. hart is at rank #1,111, tagged as anadj, pronounced [haʁt].

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 45777, this pair ranks #1,341,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs hart

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hama": m. Private to "hart": rt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hamaahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • hartahrt · harrt · hartt · hatr · hhart · hrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hama" for "hart" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hama" is a noun and "hart" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hama" or "hart"?
"hart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,111 in our German list, against #44,666 for "hama". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "hama" vs "hart" 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 "hart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,341,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "hart" 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 #1,341,555 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