Which to use
“Harman” is a name and “harmed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,782
- “Harman” frequency rank
- #15,422
- “harmed” frequency rank
- 41204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Harman | harmed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | simple past and past participle of harm |
Letter map: Harman vs harmed
Shared letters muted; letters that set Harman and harmed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Harman and harmed follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Harman / harmed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Harman is aname and harmedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Harman is recorded at frequency rank #25,782, classified as aname. harmed is at rank #15,422, tagged as averb, pronounced /hɑɹmd/.
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 41204, this pair ranks #260,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Harman vs harmed
Shared letters: ahmr. Private to "Harman": n. Private to "harmed": de.
"Harman" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "harmed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Harman" and "harmed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Harman" or "harmed" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Harman" and "harmed".
- Full dictionary entry for "Harman" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "harmed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Harman" and "harmed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hammam vs Harman". 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 #260,599 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.