hachevshashWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#47,844
“hache” frequency rank
#37,647
“hash” frequency rank
85491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hache hash
Definition Nombre de la letra h. Función que mapea y codifica los elementos desde un dominio a otro espacio. Debe cumplir con las propiedades de ser: determinística, no monótona, resistente a la preimagen, no inyectiva y resistente a las colisiones. Sus usos principales son para codificar información o guardar la información de un diccionario informático.

Where the eye mixes hache and hash

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hache
4 ch
hash

Look-alike desk: hache vs hash

A purely visual mix-up. hache ([ˈat͡ʃe]) and hash ([ˈxaʃ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hache is recorded at frequency rank #47,844, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈat͡ʃe]. hash is at rank #37,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈxaʃ].

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 85491, this pair ranks #6,078 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hache vs hash

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hache": ce. Private to "hash": s.

"hache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hash" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hacheahche · hacche · haceh · hachhe · hahce · hcahe · hhache
  • hashahsh · hahs · hashh · hassh · hhash · hsah

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hache" and "hash" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈat͡ʃe] versus [ˈxaʃ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "hache" vs "hash" - which ranks higher?
"hash" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,647 in our Spanish list, against #47,844 for "hache". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,078 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hache" and "hash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hache 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 #6,078 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