Hardware
/ˈhaːtvɛːɐ̯/
The verdict
“Hardware” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,347 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,347
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hardware
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hardware |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaːtvɛːɐ̯/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hardware” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Hardware is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhaːtvɛːɐ̯/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,347 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hardware".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hardware, with forms such as "ahrdware", "hadrware", and "hardawre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Hardware, spelled H-A-R-D-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1hardware
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahrdware,hadrware,hardawre,harddware,hardwaer,hardwarre,hardwrae,hardwware,harrdware,harwdare,hhardware,hradware
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hardware - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Hardware”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-A-R-D-W-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhaːtvɛːɐ̯/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.