hackvshajaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“hack” and “haja” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,668
“hack” frequency rank
#2,327
“haja” frequency rank
24995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hack haja
Definition (transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver

Letter map: hack vs haja

Shared letters muted; letters that set hack and haja apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hack
4 ch
haja

Corpus notes: hack and haja

hack and haja 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hack is recorded at frequency rank #22,668, classified as averb. haja is at rank #2,327, 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 24995, this pair ranks #44,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hack vs haja

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hack": ck. Private to "haja": j.

"hack" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hackahck · hacck · hackk · hakc · hcak · hhack
  • hajaahja · haaj · hajja · hhaja · hjaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hack" for "haja" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hack" or "haja" show up more?
"haja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,327 in our Portuguese list, against #22,668 for "hack". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "hack" vs "haja" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "haja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hack" and "haja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hack 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 #44,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list