hagovshatTell them apart

Which to use

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

#767
“hago” frequency rank
#18,856
“hat” frequency rank
19623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hago hat
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse. Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.

Where the eye mixes hago and hat

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

4 ch
hago
3 ch
hat

Why the eye confuses hago with hat

A purely visual mix-up. hago ([ˈaɣ̞o]) and hat ([hat]) 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 19623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hago is recorded at frequency rank #767, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞o]. hat is at rank #18,856, tagged as averb, pronounced [hat].

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 19623, this pair ranks #262,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hago vs hat

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hago": go. Private to "hat": t.

"hago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hat" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hagoahgo · haggo · haog · hgao · hhago

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hago" for "hat" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɣ̞o] versus [hat]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hago" or "hat"?
"hago" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #767 in our Spanish list, against #18,856 for "hat". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hago" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hago" and "hat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hat". 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 #262,939 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