# Hama vs hap

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hama
*name · IPA /ˈhɑːmə/ · frequency rank #41,166*
A city in Syria.

### hap
*noun · IPA /hæp/ · frequency rank #27,486*
A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.

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