# hábil vs havia

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### hábil
*adjective · IPA /ˈa.biɫ/ · frequency rank #16,088*
que sabe executar, que faz bem

### havia
*verb · frequency rank #315*
primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo haver

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