hacvshazTell them apart

Which to use

“hac” and “haz” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,732
“hac” frequency rank
#2,346
“haz” frequency rank
41078
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hac haz
Definition Hache. Porción atada de objetos alargados como espigas de trigo, ramas, flechas, etc.

Where the eye mixes hac and haz

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. hac and haz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
hac
3 ch
haz

Why the eye confuses hac with haz

A purely visual mix-up. hac ([ˈak]) and haz ([ˈas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “hac” becomes z in “haz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hac is recorded at frequency rank #38,732, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈak]. haz is at rank #2,346, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈas].

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 41078, this pair ranks #155,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hac vs haz

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hac": c. Private to "haz": z.

"hac" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "haz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hac" and "haz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈak] versus [ˈas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hac" or "haz"?
"haz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,346 in our Spanish list, against #38,732 for "hac". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "haz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hac" and "haz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hac vs Hahn". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #155,624 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