hamza
The verdict
“hamza” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #48,446 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,446
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
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) |
Where “hamza” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for hamza is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,446 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “hamza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-A-M-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “hara” - see the side-by-side comparison. hamza vs hara
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.