hamavsHDMIWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#26,450
“HDMI” frequency rank
71116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama HDMI
Definition Eimer, Schüssel Abkürzung von High-Definition Multimedia Interface

Letter map: hama vs HDMI

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

4 ch
hama
4 ch
HDMI

Grammar separator: hama vs HDMI

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and HDMIanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. HDMI is at rank #26,450, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ˌhaːdeːʔɛmˈiː].

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 71116, this pair ranks #426,232 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs HDMI

Shared letters: hm. Private to "hama": a. Private to "HDMI": di.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "HDMI" · 4 letters · shape CCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hamaahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • HDMIdhmi · hddmi · hdim · hdmmi · hhdmi · hmdi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hama" and "HDMI" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hama" is a noun and "HDMI" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hama" or "HDMI"?
"HDMI" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,450 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hama" and "HDMI".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "HDMI" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #426,232 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "HDMI" 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 #426,232 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