hamavshomeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,666
“hama” frequency rank
#3,746
“home” frequency rank
48412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hama home
Definition Eimer, Schüssel Haus, Heim, Wohnung

Letter map: hama vs home

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

4 ch
hama
4 ch
home

Spelling & dictionary notes on hama vs home

hama and home 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. home is at rank #3,746, tagged as anoun, pronounced [həʊm].

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 48412, this pair ranks #1,249,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hama vs home

Shared letters: hm. Private to "hama": a. Private to "home": eo.

"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hamaahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
  • homehhome · hmoe · hoem · ohme

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hama" and "home" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "hama" or "home"?
"home" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,746 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "home" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,249,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hama" and "home" 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 #1,249,520 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