hamavshasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#9,922
“has” frequency rank
54588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama has
Definition Eimer, Schüssel 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs have

Letter map: hama vs has

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

4 ch
hama
3 ch
has

Role in the sentence - hama and has

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and hasaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. has is at rank #9,922, tagged as averb, pronounced [hæz].

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 54588, this pair ranks #1,012,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs has

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hama": m. Private to "has": s.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "has" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hamaahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hama" for "has" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hama" is a noun and "has" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hama" or "has"?
"has" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,922 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "has" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,012,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "has" 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 #1,012,958 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