Which to use
“ham” and “hash” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,626
- “ham” frequency rank
- #37,647
- “hash” frequency rank
- 65273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ham | hash |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jamón. | 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 ham and hash
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ham vs hash
A purely visual mix-up. ham (/hæm/) 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 65273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ham is recorded at frequency rank #27,626, classified as anoun, pronounced /hæm/. 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 65273, this pair ranks #43,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ham vs hash
Shared letters: ah. Private to "ham": m. Private to "hash": s.
"ham" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hash" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hash ← ahsh · hahs · hashh · hassh · hhash · hsah
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ham" and "hash" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ham" or "hash" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ham" and "hash" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ham" 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 #43,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ham" and "hash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hash". 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 #43,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.