Which to use
“harm” is a noun and “hartem” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- #30,108
- “hartem” frequency rank
- 76831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harm | hartem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden | Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hart |
Letter map: harm vs hartem
Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and hartem apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: harm vs hartem
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harm is anoun and hartemanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hartem is at rank #30,108, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaʁtəm].
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 76831, this pair ranks #274,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of harm vs hartem
Shared letters: ahmr. Private to "harm": -. Private to "hartem": et.
"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hartem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "harm" and "hartem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "harm" vs "hartem" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "harm" and "hartem". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hartem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harm" and "hartem" 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 #274,713 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.