# harp vs hat

> 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

### hat
*noun · IPA /hæt/ · frequency rank #2,835*
A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harp-vs-hat