# ham vs HH

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ham
*noun · IPA /ˈhæm/ · frequency rank #5,885*
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

### HH
*name · frequency rank #23,299*
Initialism of Hansestadt Hamburg, the German city of Hamburg; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ham-vs-hh