Which to use
“hart” and “hartem” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,111
- “hart” frequency rank
- #30,108
- “hartem” frequency rank
- 31219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hart | hartem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nur mit großem Kraftaufwand verformbar | Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hart |
Where the eye mixes hart and hartem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses hart with hartem
A purely visual mix-up. hart ([haʁt]) and hartem ([ˈhaʁtəm]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hart” sits inside “hartem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hart is recorded at frequency rank #1,111, classified as anadj, pronounced [haʁt]. hartem is at rank #30,108, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaʁtəm].
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 31219, this pair ranks #1,732,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hart vs hartem
Shared letters: ahrt. Private to "hart": -. Private to "hartem": em.
"hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hartem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hart" for "hartem" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hart" vs "hartem" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hart" and "hartem" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hartem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,732,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hart" and "hartem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harren vs hartem". 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 #1,732,458 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.