# hiato

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈja.tu/ · frequency rank #29,000

## Definitions
1. sequência de duas vogais que pertencem a sílabas diferentes
2. figura de linguagem que consiste numa sequência de vogais
3. intervalo, pausa

## Easily confused with
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hiato-vs-hit)
- **hino** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hiato-vs-hino)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hiato-vs-hits)
- **horto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hiato-vs-horto)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hat-vs-hiato)
- **hão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hao-vs-hiato)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hate-vs-hiato)
- **halo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/halo-vs-hiato)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/heat-vs-hiato)

## Common misspellings (6)
`haito`, `hhiato`, `hiaot`, `hiatto`, `hitao`, `ihato`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/hiato