HaivshitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Hai is a noun, hit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hai” is a noun and “hit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,805
“Hai” frequency rank
#5,308
“hit” frequency rank
37113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hai hit
Definition tubarão atingir

Letter map: Hai vs hit

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hai and hit apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Hai
3 ch
hit

Role in the sentence - Hai and hit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hai is anoun and hitaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hai is recorded at frequency rank #31,805, classified as anoun, pronounced /haɪ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?). hit is at rank #5,308, 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 37113, this pair ranks #29,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hai vs hit

Shared letters: hi. Private to "Hai": a. Private to "hit": t.

"Hai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "hit" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hai" and "hit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hai" is a noun and "hit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Hai" vs "hit" - which ranks higher?
"hit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,308 in our Portuguese list, against #31,805 for "Hai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Hai" and "hit". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hai" and "hit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hai vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #29,569 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