Which to use
“há” and “have” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #88
- “há” frequency rank
- #7,419
- “have” frequency rank
- 7507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | há | have |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo haver | ter, possuir |
Letter map: há vs have
Shared letters muted; letters that set há and have apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Spelling & dictionary notes on há vs have
há and have are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
há is recorded at frequency rank #88, classified as averb. have is at rank #7,419, tagged as averb.
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 7507, this pair ranks #66,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of há vs have
Shared letters: h. Private to "há": á. Private to "have": aev.
"há" · 2 letters · shape CV · "have" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- have ← ahve · haev · havve · hhave · hvae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "há" and "have" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "há" or "have"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "há" and "have".
- Full dictionary entry for "há" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "have" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "há" and "have" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs have". 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 #66,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.