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

#5,624
“harina” frequency rank
#14,610
“hazaña” frequency rank
20234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harina hazaña
Definition Polvo resultante de moler cereales, legumbres o tubérculos comestibles ricos en almidón. Acción heroica o destacable que exige un gran esfuerzo o valor, por lo que es digna de aclamación.

Where the eye mixes harina and hazaña

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. harina and hazaña follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
harina
6 ch
hazaña

Look-alike desk: harina vs hazaña

A purely visual mix-up. harina ([aˈɾina]) and hazaña ([aˈsaɲa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harina is recorded at frequency rank #5,624, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈɾina]. hazaña is at rank #14,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈsaɲa].

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 20234, this pair ranks #260,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of harina vs hazaña

Shared letters: ah. Private to "harina": inr. Private to "hazaña": zñ.

"harina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "hazaña" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harina ← ahrina · hairna · harian · harinna · harnia · harrina · hharina · hraina

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "harina" and "hazaña" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈɾina] versus [aˈsaɲa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "harina" or "hazaña" show up more?
"harina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,624 in our Spanish list, against #14,610 for "hazaña". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "harina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hazaña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harina" and "hazaña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Haifa vs harina". 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 #260,228 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