harávshatTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,414
“hará” frequency rank
#18,856
“hat” frequency rank
20270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hará hat
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse. Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de indicativo de haben.

Where the eye mixes hará and hat

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

4 ch
hará
3 ch
hat

Why the eye confuses hará with hat

A purely visual mix-up. hará ([aˈɾa]) 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 20270, 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]. 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 20270, this pair ranks #260,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hará vs hat

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hará": . Private to "hat": t.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hará" for "hat" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɾa] versus [hat]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hará" or "hat" show up more?
"hará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,414 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "hará" and "hat" 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 "hat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hará" and "hat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hat". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #260,064 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