hão
/ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
The verdict
“hão” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,033) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,033
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo haver
Corpus desk
Index PT-hao · hão · Portuguese
hão · rank #24,033 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,033
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH houveram
Nearest frequency peer: houveram (-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 “hão”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- guardanapo
guardanapo
75,977 corpus weight
- heat
heat
75,974 corpus weight
- houveram
houveram
75,969 corpus weight
- hão
hão
75,968 corpus weight
- idea
idea
75,967 corpus weight
- implícito
implícito
75,964 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “hão” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | hão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “hão”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hão is neighbouring look-alikes ("he", "ho", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Frequency #24,033 among 409 “H” headwords. Gloss: "terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo haver".
No misspelling variants are generated for hão in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "he", "ho", "HC", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is hão, spelled H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo haver
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
eles, elas, vocês hão
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).