HadesvshateWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#18,070
“Hades” frequency rank
#12,905
“hate” frequency rank
30975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hades hate
Definition deus grego dos mortos e do inferno ódio

Letter map: Hades vs hate

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hades and hate apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Hades runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hate's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Hades
4 ch
hate

Spelling & dictionary notes on Hades vs hate

Hades and hate 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hades is recorded at frequency rank #18,070, classified as anoun. hate is at rank #12,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /heɪt/.

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 30975, this pair ranks #37,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hades vs hate

Shared letters: aeh. Private to "Hades": ds. Private to "hate": t.

"Hades" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hades ← ahdes · haddes · hadess · hadse · haeds · hdaes · hhades
  • hate ← ahte · haet · hatte · hhate · htae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hades" for "hate" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hades" vs "hate" - which ranks higher?
"hate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,905 in our Portuguese list, against #18,070 for "Hades". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Hades" and "hate". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hades" and "hate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs Hades". 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 #37,254 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