Which to use
“haja” is a verb and “hara” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,327
- “haja” frequency rank
- #22,669
- “hara” frequency rank
- 24996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haja | hara |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver | onde: |
Letter map: haja vs hara
Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. haja and hara follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: haja vs hara
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and haraapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - j in “haja” becomes r in “hara”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hara is at rank #22,669, tagged as apron.
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 24996, this pair ranks #44,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of haja vs hara
Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "hara": r.
"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "haja" for "hara" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "haja" or "hara" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "haja" and "hara". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "haja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haja" and "hara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hamza vs hara". 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 #44,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.