Which to use
“hama” is a noun and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,666
- “hama” frequency rank
- #15,118
- “him” frequency rank
- 59784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hama | him |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Eimer, Schüssel | Personalpronomen 3. Person Maskulinum Singular Objektform: ihm, ihn |
Letter map: hama vs him
Shared letters muted; letters that set hama and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hama / him
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and himapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. him is at rank #15,118, tagged as apron, pronounced [hɪm].
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 59784, this pair ranks #811,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hama vs him
Shared letters: hm. Private to "hama": a. Private to "him": i.
"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hama" for "him" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hama" or "him"?
Useful next steps
Pair "hama" vs "him" 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 "him" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #811,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hama" and "him" 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 #811,477 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.