Which to use
“Hamm” is a name and “han” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,839
- “Hamm” frequency rank
- #7,925
- “han” frequency rank
- 40764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hamm | han |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England. | plural simple present of have |
Letter map: Hamm vs han
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hamm and han apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - Hamm and han
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hamm is aname and hanaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hamm is recorded at frequency rank #32,839, classified as aname. han is at rank #7,925, tagged as averb, pronounced /hæn/.
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 40764, this pair ranks #264,585 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hamm vs han
Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hamm": m. Private to "han": n.
"Hamm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "han" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hamm ← ahmm · hhamm · hmam
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Hamm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "han" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,585 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hamm" and "han" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hamm vs hammy". 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 #264,585 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.