hein

/ẽɲ/

//ẽɲ// intj

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The verdict

“hein” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,208
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-hein · hein · Portuguese

hein · rank #3,208 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,208
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guilherme

Nearest frequency peer: Guilherme (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “hein”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “hein” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hein vs hit
50% similar
hein vs hey
50% similar
hein vs his
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hein
PropertyValue
Headwordhein
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/ẽɲ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,208
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “hein”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).heincai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Guilherme” (#3,207), “garotas” (#3,206), “interpretação” (#3,210). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hein” fica em #3,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around hein (IPA /ẽɲ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #3,208 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hein, with forms such as "ehin", "heinn", and "heni". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hit", "hey", "his", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hein, spelled H-E-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou de comunicar
  2. 2
    expressa ao interlocutor o desejo reiterado de que seja dada uma resposta a uma pergunta já feita imediatamente antes ou num espaço de tempo relativamente curto previamente
  3. 3
    expressa ao interlocutor o desejo de que ele note como que pedindo opinião com relação ao dito mas retoricamente indicando-se que realmente, de fato (subtendidamente dando a entender que muito)
  4. 4
    expressa ao interlocutor o desejo de que ele note o dito mas objetivamente indicando-se e ressaltando que realmente, de fato

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A: Quando eu sai pra fora eu estava na verdade indo pra dentro pelo reverso mas não ao contrário e sem sair do lugar! B: Ah tá, mas, hein
  2. Quando você vai terminar esse serviço? Hein?

Synonyms

heimhem

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehin
  • heinn
  • heni
  • hhein
  • hien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hein - 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.

ehin2heinn1heni2hhein1hien2
Edit distance from "hein"

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 "hein"?
"hein" is spelled H-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽɲ/.
What does "hein" mean?
As an interjection, "hein" means: expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou ...
What words are commonly confused with "hein"?
"hein" is commonly confused with "hit", "hey", "his". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hein" is /ẽɲ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hein" come from?
"hein" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

copo#3,195rumo#3,232Alan#3,247rota#3,167

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

torre5 variantspresa5 variantspego5 variantsJean5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list