hoe

/ɦu/

//ɦu// adv

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The verdict

“hoe” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,478 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,478
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - como

Corpus desk

Index PT-hoe · hoe · Portuguese

hoe · rank #80,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,478
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH impingir

Nearest frequency peer: impingir (+15 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 “hoe”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hoe
PropertyValue
Headwordhoe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/ɦu/
Letters3
Frequency rank#80,478
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hoe” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).hoecai 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: “impingir” (#80,493), “ininteligível” (#80,509), “gigabit” (#80,445). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hoe” fica em #80,478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hoe is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,478 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ɦu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "como".

No misspelling variants are generated for hoe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hoe, spelled H-O-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    como

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hoe heet je?
  2. Como você se chama?

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 "hoe"?
"hoe" is spelled H-O-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɦu/.
What does "hoe" mean?
As an adverb, "hoe" means: como
How do you pronounce "hoe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hoe" is /ɦu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hoe" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reo#80,750haj#79,631wey#79,249aer#78,456

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list