Which to use
“haja” is a verb and “half” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,327
- “haja” frequency rank
- #13,952
- “half” frequency rank
- 16279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haja | half |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver | meio |
Letter map: haja vs half
Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and half apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for haja / half
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and halfanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. half is at rank #13,952, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɦɑlf/.
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 16279, this pair ranks #55,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of haja vs half
Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "half": fl.
"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "half" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haja" and "half" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "haja" or "half" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "haja" and "half". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "haja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "half" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haja" and "half" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haja vs hamza". 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 #55,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.