Español homophones
as/has/haz
"as" is a noun; "has" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "as" arrives as a noun, while "has" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "as" is 2 letters, "has" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "as" is 2 letters, "haz" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- Single-letter fork: "has" keeps s, "haz" writes z at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across as, has, haz: a. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
as
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC
Inventory as · private s
has
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ahs · private hs
haz
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ahz · private hz
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "as" when you mean: Cada una de las cartas marcadas con la unidad en los juegos de naipes.
- Write "has" when you mean: Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del presente de indicativo de haber.
- Write "haz" when you mean: Porción atada de objetos alargados como espigas de trigo, ramas, flechas, etc.
Each spelling
noun · /ˈas/ · #1,886 frequency
Cada una de las cartas marcadas con la unidad en los juegos de naipes.
verb · /ˈas/ · #573 frequency
Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del presente de indicativo de haber.
noun · /ˈas/ · #2,346 frequency
Porción atada de objetos alargados como espigas de trigo, ramas, flechas, etc.