Which to use
“harm” is a noun and “her” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,723
- “harm” frequency rank
- #477
- “her” frequency rank
- 47200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harm | her |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden | Bewegung in Richtung des Sprechenden von einem entfernteren Ort aus |
Letter map: harm vs her
Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for harm / her
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harm is anoun and heranadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. her is at rank #477, tagged as anadv, pronounced [heːɐ̯].
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 47200, this pair ranks #1,292,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of harm vs her
Shared letters: hr. Private to "harm": am. Private to "her": e.
"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "harm" for "her" ever safe?
Frequency check: "harm" vs "her" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "harm" and "her". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "her" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,292,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harm" and "her" 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 #1,292,770 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.