harmvshazeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“harm” and “haze” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,723
“harm” frequency rank
#49,774
“haze” frequency rank
96497
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harm haze
Definition körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden Atmosphäre, Wetter: sehr feine, weit verstreute feste oder flüssige Partikel in der Luft

Letter map: harm vs haze

Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and haze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. harm (CVCC) and haze (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
harm
4 ch
haze

Spelling & dictionary notes on harm vs haze

harm and haze 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. haze is at rank #49,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced [heɪz].

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 96497, this pair ranks #7,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of harm vs haze

Shared letters: ah. Private to "harm": mr. Private to "haze": ez.

"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "haze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
  • haze ← ahze · haez · hazze · hhaze · hzae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harm" and "haze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "harm" vs "haze" - which ranks higher?
"harm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,723 in our German list, against #49,774 for "haze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "harm" and "haze".

  • Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "haze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harm" and "haze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs haze". 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 #7,091 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list