# Hamas

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /həˈmɑs/ · frequency rank #12,434

## Definitions
1. A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”). A few speakers pronounce it with /x/ to imitate Hebrew חַמַאס instead.

## Easily confused with
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-has)
- **HMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hms)
- **hats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hats)
- **Hans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hans)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hara)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hana)
- **Hays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hays)
- **Hamm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hamm)
- **hams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hams)
- **Homs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-homs)
- **Haus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-haus)
- **Huma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-huma)
- **HMAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hmas)
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-human)
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hands)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-homes)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hates)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hayes)
- **haram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-haram)
- **Hamid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamas-vs-hamid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahmas`, `haams`, `hamass`, `hammas`, `hamsa`, `hhamas`, `hmaas`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hamas