Which to use
“haja” and “hajam” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,327
- “haja” frequency rank
- #37,834
- “hajam” frequency rank
- 40161
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haja | hajam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver |
Letter map: haja vs hajam
Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hajam apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. haja runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hajam's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - haja / hajam
haja and hajam 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 extra letter(s) - “haja” sits inside “hajam”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hajam is at rank #37,834, 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 40161, this pair ranks #26,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of haja vs hajam
Shared letters: ahj. Private to "haja": -. Private to "hajam": m.
"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hajam" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "haja" for "hajam" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "haja" and "hajam". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "haja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hajam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haja" and "hajam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hajam vs harém". 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 #26,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.