hacedvshackerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#23,805
“haced” frequency rank
#15,111
“hacker” frequency rank
38916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haced hacker
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de hacer. Programador experto y creativo

Where the eye mixes haced and hacker

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. haced runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hacker's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
haced
6 ch
hacker

Visual trap between haced and hacker

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: haced is [aˈseð̞] while hacker is [ˈxakeɾ]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haced is recorded at frequency rank #23,805, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈseð̞]. hacker is at rank #15,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈxakeɾ].

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 38916, this pair ranks #167,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of haced vs hacker

Shared letters: aceh. Private to "haced": d. Private to "hacker": kr.

"haced" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hacker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • haced ← ahced · hacced · hacde · hacedd · haecd · hased · hcaed · hhaced
  • hacker ← ahcker · haccker · hacekr · hackerr · hackker · hackre · hakcer · hcaker

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "haced" for "hacker" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haced" is a verb and "hacker" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "haced" or "hacker" show up more?
"hacker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,111 in our Spanish list, against #23,805 for "haced". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "haced" and "hacker" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "haced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hacker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haced" and "hacker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haced vs hache". 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 #167,383 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