h

symbol

The verdict

“h” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,433) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,433
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - símbolo de hora:

Corpus desk

Index PT-h · h · Portuguese

h · rank #1,433 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,433
  • LEN-SHORT 1 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH frio

Nearest frequency peer: frio (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “h”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “h” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

h vs há
50% similar
h vs he
50% similar
h vs ho
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for h
PropertyValue
Headwordh
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSymbol
Letters1
Frequency rank#1,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “h”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.hcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “frio” (#1,432), “ligação” (#1,435), “mata” (#1,436). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “h” fica em #1,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for h is neighbouring look-alikes ("há", "he", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #1,433 among 409 “H” headwords. Gloss: "símbolo de hora:".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for h, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "há", "he", "ho", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is h, spelled H.

Definition

  1. 1
    símbolo de hora:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how h appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 10 h equivale a dez horas

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "h"?
"h" is spelled H.
What does "h" mean?
As a symbol, "h" means: símbolo de hora:
What words are commonly confused with "h"?
"h" is commonly confused with "há", "he", "ho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "h" come from?
"h" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list