Which to use
“harm” and “Harms” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- #31,599
- “Harms” frequency rank
- 78322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harm | Harms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Harm |
Letter map: harm vs Harms
Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and Harms apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. harm runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Harms's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on harm vs Harms
harm and Harms 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “harm” sits inside “Harms”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Harms is at rank #31,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haʁms].
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 78322, this pair ranks #240,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of harm vs Harms
Shared letters: ahmr. Private to "harm": -. Private to "Harms": s.
"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Harms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "harm" and "Harms" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "harm" or "Harms" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "harm" and "Harms". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Harms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harm" and "Harms" 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 #240,881 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.