habasvsharáWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: habas is a noun, hará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“habas” is a noun and “hará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,637
“habas” frequency rank
#1,414
“hará” frequency rank
35051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habas hará
Definition Forma del plural de haba. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse.

Where the eye mixes habas and hará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
habas
4 ch
hará

Look-alike desk: habas vs hará

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habas is [ˈaβ̞as] while hará is [aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habas is recorded at frequency rank #33,637, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaβ̞as]. hará is at rank #1,414, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɾa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35051, this pair ranks #188,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of habas vs hará

Shared letters: ah. Private to "habas": bs. Private to "hará": .

"habas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habasahbas · haabs · habass · habbas · habsa · havas · hbaas · hhabas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "habas" and "hará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habas" is a noun and "hará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "habas" vs "hará" - which ranks higher?
"hará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,414 in our Spanish list, against #33,637 for "habas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "habas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habas" and "hará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habas vs hebras". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #188,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list