Which to use
“há” is a verb and “hani” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #88
- “há” frequency rank
- #35,622
- “hani” frequency rank
- 35710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | há | hani |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo haver | galo, macho da galinha (Gallus gallus) |
Letter map: há vs hani
Shared letters muted; letters that set há and hani apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for há / hani
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: há is averb and hanianoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
há is recorded at frequency rank #88, classified as averb. hani is at rank #35,622, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhaː.nɪ/.
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 35710, this pair ranks #31,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of há vs hani
Shared letters: h. Private to "há": á. Private to "hani": ain.
"há" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hani" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hani ← ahni · hain · hanni · hhani · hnai
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "há" and "hani" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "há" or "hani" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "há" and "hani".
- Full dictionary entry for "há" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hani" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "há" and "hani" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hani vs hui". 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 #31,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.