harávshardWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hará is a verb, hard is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hará” is a verb and “hard” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,414
“hará” frequency rank
#13,712
“hard” frequency rank
15126
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hará hard
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse. Duro.

Where the eye mixes hará and hard

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

4 ch
hará
4 ch
hard

Look-alike desk: hará vs hard

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hará is [aˈɾa] while hard is /hɑːd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - á in “hará” becomes d in “hard”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hará is recorded at frequency rank #1,414, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɾa]. hard is at rank #13,712, tagged as anadj, pronounced /hɑːd/.

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 15126, this pair ranks #281,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hará vs hard

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hará": á. Private to "hard": d.

"hará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hardahrd · hadr · hardd · harrd · hhard · hrad

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hará" and "hard" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hará" is a verb and "hard" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hará" or "hard"?
"hará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,414 in our Spanish list, against #13,712 for "hard". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hará" and "hard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hard". 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 #281,428 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