Hamas
[haˈmas]
The verdict
“Hamas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,386
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sunnitisch-islamistische Organisation in Palästina, die mithilfe von terroristischen Aktionen einen islamischen Staat errichten will, der auch Israel und Teile Jordaniens umfassen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-hamas · Hamas · German
Hamas · rank #15,386 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,386
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haltestellen
Nearest frequency peer: Haltestellen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hamas“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gurken
Gurken
84,619 corpus weight
- Haftstrafe
Haftstrafe
84,618 corpus weight
- Haltestellen
Haltestellen
84,616 corpus weight
- Hamas
Hamas
84,615 corpus weight
- Handelns
Handelns
84,614 corpus weight
- Hemden
Hemden
84,612 corpus weight
What this shows „Hamas“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haˈmas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hamas“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hamas (IPA [haˈmas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,386 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sunnitisch-islamistische Organisation in Palästina, die mithilfe von terroristischen Aktionen einen islamischen Staat errichten will, der auch Israel und Teile Jordaniens umfassen soll".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hamas, with forms such as "ahmas", "haams", and "hamass". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "has", "Haus", "Hans", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hamas, spelled H-A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1sunnitisch-islamistische Organisation in Palästina, die mithilfe von terroristischen Aktionen einen islamischen Staat errichten will, der auch Israel und Teile Jordaniens umfassen soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hamas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hamas ist eine radikalislamische Organisation.
„Zu Beginn des Aufstandes erfolgte auch die Gründung der Hamas (Akronym für die Islamische Widerstandsbewegung, arab. für Eifer) aus den Reihen der palästinensischen Muslimbruderschaft.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmas
- haams
- hamass
- hammas
- hamsa
- hhamas
- hmaas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hamas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hamas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).