hack vs hara, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“hack” is a verb and “hara” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,668
“hack” frequency rank: #22,669
“hara” frequency rank: 45337
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hack	hara
Definition	(transitivo direto, intransitivo) retalhar^(5, 6), cortar, ferir	onde:

Letter map: hack vs hara

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

4 ch

hack

4 ch

hara

Grammar separator: hack vs hara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hack is averb and haraapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hack is recorded at frequency rank #22,668, classified as averb. hara is at rank #22,669, tagged as apron.

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 45337, this pair ranks #20,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hack vs hara

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hack": ck. Private to "hara": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

hack ← ahck · hacck · hackk · hakc · hcak · hhack
hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hack" for "hara" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hack" is a verb and "hara" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "hack" or "hara"?

"hack" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,668 in our Portuguese list, against #22,669 for "hara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hack" and "hara". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "hack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #20,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hack" and "hara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hamza vs hara". 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 #20,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.