harmonyvshormonaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#31,376
“harmony” frequency rank
#22,045
“hormona” frequency rank
53421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harmony hormona
Definition Armonía. Substancias segregadas por células de glándulas de secreción interna (endócrinas, o por células epiteliales e intersticiales que influyen en el funcionamiento de otras células.

Where the eye mixes harmony and hormona

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. harmony and hormona follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
harmony
7 ch
hormona

Look-alike desk: harmony vs hormona

A purely visual mix-up. harmony (/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/) and hormona ([oɾˈmona]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harmony is recorded at frequency rank #31,376, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/. hormona is at rank #22,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced [oɾˈmona].

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 53421, this pair ranks #87,951 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of harmony vs hormona

Shared letters: ahmnor. Private to "harmony": y. Private to "hormona": -.

"harmony" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "hormona" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harmony ← ahrmony · hamrony · harmmony · harmnoy · harmonny · harmonyy · harmoyn · haromny
  • hormona ← hhormona · homrona · hormmona · hormnoa · hormoan · hormonna · horomna · horrmona

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harmony" and "hormona" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/ versus [oɾˈmona]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "harmony" or "hormona" show up more?
"hormona" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,045 in our Spanish list, against #31,376 for "harmony". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "harmony" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hormona" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,951 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harmony" and "hormona" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hammond vs harmony". 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 #87,951 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