Which to use
“ham” is a noun and “head” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,746
- “ham” frequency rank
- #10,735
- “head” frequency rank
- 30481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ham | head |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pernil | central (principal) |
Letter map: ham vs head
Shared letters muted; letters that set ham and head apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ham / head
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ham is anoun and headanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ham is recorded at frequency rank #19,746, classified as anoun, pronounced /hæm/. head is at rank #10,735, tagged as anadj.
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 30481, this pair ranks #37,859 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ham vs head
Shared letters: ah. Private to "ham": m. Private to "head": de.
"ham" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "head" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- head ← ehad · haed · headd · heda · hhead
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ham" for "head" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "ham" and "head". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "head" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,859 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ham" and "head" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ham vs hamza". 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 #37,859 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.