Which to use
“há” is a verb and “Hand” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #88
- “há” frequency rank
- #13,761
- “Hand” frequency rank
- 13849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | há | Hand |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo haver | mão |
Letter map: há vs Hand
Shared letters muted; letters that set há and Hand apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - há and Hand
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: há is averb and Handanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
há is recorded at frequency rank #88, classified as averb. Hand is at rank #13,761, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hant/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13849, this pair ranks #58,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of há vs Hand
Shared letters: h. Private to "há": á. Private to "Hand": adn.
"há" · 2 letters · shape CV · "Hand" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hand ← ahnd · hadn · handd · hannd · hhand · hnad
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "há" and "Hand" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "há" or "Hand"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "há" and "Hand".
- Full dictionary entry for "há" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hand" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "há" and "Hand" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hand vs hani". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #58,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.