harryvshartWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: harry is a verb, hart is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“harry” is a verb and “hart” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,258
“harry” frequency rank
#1,111
“hart” frequency rank
4369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harry hart
Definition [wiederholt] belästigen, bedrängen, quälen, stressen nur mit großem Kraftaufwand verformbar

Letter map: harry vs hart

Shared letters muted; letters that set harry and hart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
harry
4 ch
hart

Grammar separator: harry vs hart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harry is averb and hartanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harry is recorded at frequency rank #3,258, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hart is at rank #1,111, tagged as anadj, pronounced [haʁt].

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 4369, this pair ranks #1,997,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of harry vs hart

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "harry": y. Private to "hart": t.

"harry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harryahrry · harryy · hary · haryr · hharry · hrary
  • hartahrt · harrt · hartt · hatr · hhart · hrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harry" and "hart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "harry" is a verb and "hart" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "harry" or "hart" show up more?
"hart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,111 in our German list, against #3,258 for "harry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "harry" vs "hart" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,997,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harry" and "hart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harry 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 #1,997,894 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