hamvsHTMLTell them apart

Quick tell: ham is a noun, HTML is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ham” is a noun and “HTML” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,746
“ham” frequency rank
#12,259
“HTML” frequency rank
32005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ham HTML
Definition pernil que é construído no formato de Linguagem de Marcação de Hipertexto (HyperText Markup Language)

Letter map: ham vs HTML

Shared letters muted; letters that set ham and HTML apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ham
4 ch
HTML

Role in the sentence - ham and HTML

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ham is anoun and HTMLanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32005, 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/. HTML is at rank #12,259, 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 32005, this pair ranks #35,920 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ham vs HTML

Shared letters: hm. Private to "ham": a. Private to "HTML": lt.

"ham" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "HTML" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • HTMLhhtml · hmtl · htlm · htmll · htmml · httml · thml

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ham" and "HTML" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ham" is a noun and "HTML" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ham" or "HTML"?
"HTML" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,259 in our Portuguese list, against #19,746 for "ham". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "ham" vs "HTML" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "HTML" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,920 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ham" and "HTML" 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 #35,920 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list