hadavshagoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#18,559
“hada” frequency rank
#767
“hago” frequency rank
19326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hada hago
Definition Ser fantástico similar a una mujer, al que se atribuían poderes mágicos y la adivinación del futuro. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse.

Where the eye mixes hada and hago

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

4 ch
hada
4 ch
hago

Visual trap between hada and hago

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hada is [ˈað̞a] while hago is [ˈaɣ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hada is recorded at frequency rank #18,559, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈað̞a]. hago is at rank #767, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞o].

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 19326, this pair ranks #264,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hada vs hago

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hada": d. Private to "hago": go.

"hada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hadaahda · haad · hadda · hdaa · hhada
  • hagoahgo · haggo · haog · hgao · hhago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hada" and "hago" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hada" is a noun and "hago" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hada" or "hago" show up more?
"hago" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #767 in our Spanish list, against #18,559 for "hada". 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 "hada" and "hago" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hago" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hada" and "hago" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hada vs Hidra". 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 #264,258 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