hack

verb

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The verdict

“hack” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,668
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir

Corpus desk

Index PT-hack · hack · Portuguese

hack · rank #22,668 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,668
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hara

Nearest frequency peer: hara (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “hack”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “hack” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

hack vs HC
0% similar
hack vs hal
50% similar
hack vs hat
50% similar

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

Key facts for hack
PropertyValue
Headwordhack
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,668
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “hack”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).hackcai 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 “hara” (#22,669), “gun” (#22,665), “histeria” (#22,672). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hack” fica em #22,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hack, averb. Corpus frequency is #22,668 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hack, with forms such as "ahck", "hacck", and "hackk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HC", "hal", "hat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hack, spelled H-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    (transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir
  2. 2
    (intransitivo) tossir
  3. 3
    (transitivo direto) hackear (obter acesso ilegal a um sistema informático)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 2004, GAME FREAK, Pokémon FireRed e Pokémon LeafGreen, dito em Viridian Forest por Bug Catcher Rick pós
  2. No! CATERPIE can't hack it!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahck
  • hacck
  • hackk
  • hakc
  • hcak
  • hhack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hack - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahck2hacck1hackk1hakc2hcak2hhack1
Edit distance from "hack"

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 "hack"?
"hack" is spelled H-A-C-K.
What does "hack" mean?
As a verb, "hack" means: (transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir
What words are commonly confused with "hack"?
"hack" is commonly confused with "HC", "hal", "hat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "hack" come from?
"hack" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hack", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hara#22,669ioga#22,695lato#22,703lock#22,711

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

irado6 variantsOsaka6 variantscher6 variantsóxido6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list