# harp vs hart

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### harp
*noun · IPA /hɑːp/ · frequency rank #17,154*
A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body

### hart
*noun · IPA /hɑːt/ · frequency rank #6,692*
A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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