# hash vs HMS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hash
*noun · IPA /ˈhæʃ/ · frequency rank #12,436*
Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

### HMS
*noun · frequency rank #17,629*
Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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