hamza
The verdict
“hamza” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,446
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ء, sinal gráfico do idioma árabe que indica uma parada glotal; pode ser escrito acima ou abaixo de um ا, acima de um و ou de um ى, ou permanecer isolado no final da palavra.
Corpus desk
Index PT-hamza · hamza · Portuguese
hamza · rank #48,446 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,446
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH Hercule
Nearest frequency peer: Hercule (+4 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 “hamza”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fragilizado
fragilizado
51,572 corpus weight
- granulado
granulado
51,563 corpus weight
- hamza
hamza
51,555 corpus weight
- Hercule
Hercule
51,551 corpus weight
- imobilizar
imobilizar
51,542 corpus weight
- impetrado
impetrado
51,541 corpus weight
What this shows “hamza” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hamza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “hamza”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around hamza, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,446 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ء, sinal gráfico do idioma árabe que indica uma parada glotal; pode ser escrito acima ou abaixo de um ا, acima de um و ou de um ى, ou permanecer isolado no final da palavra.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hamza, with forms such as "ahmza", "hamaz", and "hammza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "hara", "havia", "hasta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is hamza, spelled H-A-M-Z-A.
Definition
- 1ء, sinal gráfico do idioma árabe que indica uma parada glotal; pode ser escrito acima ou abaixo de um ا, acima de um و ou de um ى, ou permanecer isolado no final da palavra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hamza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ex.: ئ, ؤ, إ, أ
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmza
- hamaz
- hammza
- hamzza
- hazma
- hhamza
- hmaza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hamza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).