Which to use
“har” is an adverb and “harm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,383
- “har” frequency rank
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- 83106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | har | harm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dort | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden |
Letter map: har vs harm
Shared letters muted; letters that set har and harm apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. har runs 3 letters (CVC) against harm's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - har and harm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: har is anadverb and harmanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “har” sits inside “harm”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
har is recorded at frequency rank #36,383, classified as anadv, pronounced [hɛaɹ]. 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 83106, this pair ranks #145,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of har vs harm
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "har": -. Private to "harm": m.
"har" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "har" and "harm" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "har" or "harm" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "har" and "harm". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "har" 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 #145,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "har" 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 #145,541 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.