haránvshartasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,185
“harán” frequency rank
#40,334
“hartas” frequency rank
43519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harán hartas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse. Forma del femenino plural de harto.

Where the eye mixes harán and hartas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. harán runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hartas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
harán
6 ch
hartas

Why the eye confuses harán with hartas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: harán is [aˈɾãn] while hartas is [ˈaɾt̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harán is recorded at frequency rank #3,185, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈɾãn]. hartas is at rank #40,334, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɾt̪as].

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 43519, this pair ranks #142,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of harán vs hartas

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "harán": ná. Private to "hartas": st.

"harán" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hartas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hartas ← ahrtas · harats · harrtas · hartass · hartsa · harttas · hatras · hhartas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harán" and "hartas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "harán" is a verb and "hartas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "harán" or "hartas"?
"harán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,185 in our Spanish list, against #40,334 for "hartas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hartas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harán" and "hartas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hartas vs hurtos". 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 #142,198 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