hajavshamzaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,327
“haja” frequency rank
#48,446
“hamza” frequency rank
50773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haja hamza
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver ء, sinal gráfico do idioma árabe que indica uma parada glotal; pode ser escrito acima ou abaixo de um ا, acima de um و ou de um ى, ou permanecer isolado no final da palavra.

Letter map: haja vs hamza

Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hamza apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
haja
5 ch
hamza

Part-of-speech tell for haja / hamza

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and hamzaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hamza is at rank #48,446, tagged as anoun.

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 50773, this pair ranks #14,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of haja vs hamza

Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "hamza": mz.

"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hamza" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hajaahja · haaj · hajja · hhaja · hjaa
  • hamzaahmza · hamaz · hammza · hamzza · hazma · hhamza · hmaza

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "haja" and "hamza" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haja" is a verb and "hamza" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "haja" or "hamza"?
"haja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,327 in our Portuguese list, against #48,446 for "hamza". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "haja" and "hamza". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "haja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hamza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haja" and "hamza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hamza vs harpa". 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 #14,185 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