hates

/heɪts/

//heɪts// noun

The verdict

“hates” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,775 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,775
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de hate

Corpus desk

Index PT-hates · hates · Portuguese

hates · rank #59,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,775
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH guache

Nearest frequency peer: guache (-7 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “hates”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hates” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hates
PropertyValue
Headwordhates
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/heɪts/
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,775
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hates” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.hatescai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “guache” (#59,768), “grudou” (#59,767), “iglu” (#59,791). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hates” fica em #59,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hates is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,775 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /heɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de hate".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hates, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is hates, spelled H-A-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural de hate

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hates"?
"hates" is spelled H-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /heɪts/.
What does "hates" mean?
As a noun, "hates" means: plural de hate
How do you pronounce "hates"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hates" is /heɪts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hates" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hates", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list