harmvsHeraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#46,723
“harm” frequency rank
#35,231
“Hera” frequency rank
81954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harm Hera
Definition körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden höchste der olympischen Götter, Schwester und Gattin des Zeus

Letter map: harm vs Hera

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

4 ch
harm
4 ch
Hera

Corpus notes: harm and Hera

harm and Hera 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 81954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Hera is at rank #35,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈheːʁa].

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 81954, this pair ranks #166,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of harm vs Hera

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "harm": m. Private to "Hera": e.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
  • Hera ← ehra · herra · hhera · hrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harm" and "Hera" 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.
Which is more common, "harm" or "Hera"?
"Hera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,231 in our German list, against #46,723 for "harm". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "harm" and "Hera". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #166,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harm" and "Hera" 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 #166,027 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