Which to use
“harm” is a noun and “has” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- #9,922
- “has” frequency rank
- 56645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harm | has |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs have |
Letter map: harm vs has
Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and has apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for harm / has
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harm is anoun and hasaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. has is at rank #9,922, tagged as averb, pronounced [hæz].
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 56645, this pair ranks #932,256 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of harm vs has
Shared letters: ah. Private to "harm": mr. Private to "has": s.
"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "has" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "harm" and "has" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "harm" or "has"?
After this comparison
Pair "harm" vs "has" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "has" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #932,256 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harm" and "has" 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 #932,256 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.