hachasvshagasWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#32,239
“hachas” frequency rank
#2,116
“hagas” frequency rank
34355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hachas hagas
Definition Forma del plural de hacha. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de hacer.

Where the eye mixes hachas and hagas

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

6 ch
hachas
5 ch
hagas

Look-alike desk: hachas vs hagas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hachas is [ˈat͡ʃas] while hagas is [ˈaɣ̞as]. 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 34355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hachas is recorded at frequency rank #32,239, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈat͡ʃas]. hagas is at rank #2,116, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞as].

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 34355, this pair ranks #191,907 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hachas vs hagas

Shared letters: ahs. Private to "hachas": c. Private to "hagas": g.

"hachas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hagas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hachas ← ahchas · hacahs · hacchas · hachass · hachhas · hachsa · hahcas · hcahas
  • hagas ← ahgas · haags · hagass · haggas · hagsa · hgaas · hhagas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hachas" and "hagas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hachas" is a noun and "hagas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hachas" or "hagas" show up more?
"hagas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,116 in our Spanish list, against #32,239 for "hachas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hachas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hagas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #191,907 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hachas" and "hagas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hachas vs hucha". 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 #191,907 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