# Hai vs havia

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hai
*noun · IPA /haɪ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #31,805*
tubarão

### 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/hai-vs-havia