hack

verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,668

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hack is aPortugueseverb. It means: (transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir Often confused with HC and hal.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hack in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for hack is 4 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #22,668 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for hack, with forms such as "ahck", "hacck", and "hackk". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HC", "hal", "hat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is hack, spelled H-A-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahck,hacck,hackk,hakc,hcak,hhack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hack

Misspelling Variants of "hack"

ahck4hacck5hackk5hakc4hcak4hhack5
Misspelling Variants of "hack"

Frequency rank: #22,668 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.