hajavshartTell them apart

Quick tell: haja is a verb, hart is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#2,327
“haja” frequency rank
#17,299
“hart” frequency rank
19626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haja hart
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver duro, rígido

Letter map: haja vs hart

Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hart apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
haja
4 ch
hart

Role in the sentence - haja and hart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and hartanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hart is at rank #17,299, tagged as anadj, pronounced /hart.

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 19626, this pair ranks #51,068 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of haja vs hart

Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "hart": rt.

"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hajaahja · haaj · hajja · hhaja · hjaa
  • hartahrt · harrt · hartt · hatr · hhart · hrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "haja" and "hart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haja" is a verb and "hart" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "haja" or "hart" show up more?
"haja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,327 in our Portuguese list, against #17,299 for "hart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "haja" vs "hart" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "haja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,068 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haja" and "hart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hart vs Hut". 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 #51,068 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