Which to use
“hann” is a pronoun and “harm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,445
- “hann” frequency rank
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- 73168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hann | harm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personalpronomen der 3. Person Maskulinum Singular im Nominativ: er | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden |
Letter map: hann vs harm
Shared letters muted; letters that set hann and harm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hann and harm follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - hann and harm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hann is apronoun and harmanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hann is recorded at frequency rank #26,445, classified as apron, pronounced [hanː]. harm is at rank #46,723, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 73168, this pair ranks #367,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hann vs harm
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hann": n. Private to "harm": mr.
"hann" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hann" and "harm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hann" vs "harm" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "hann" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hann" and "harm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harm vs puzzles". 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 #367,864 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.