hey
/ˈhɛi/
The verdict
“hey” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,190 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #6,190
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - oi; olá (usada como saudação)
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 | hey |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈhɛi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hey” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for hey is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhɛi/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,190 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "oi; olá (usada como saudação)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hey, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ho", "hit", "hot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is hey, spelled H-E-Y.
Definition
- 1oi; olá (usada como saudação)
Synonyms
Antonyms
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 “hey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɛi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ho” - see the side-by-side comparison. hey vs ho
- 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.