hajavshastaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,327
“haja” frequency rank
#23,681
“hasta” frequency rank
26008
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haja hasta
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver lança

Letter map: haja vs hasta

Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hasta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. haja runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hasta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
haja
5 ch
hasta

Part-of-speech tell for haja / hasta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and hastaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hasta is at rank #23,681, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaʃ.tɐ/.

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 26008, this pair ranks #43,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of haja vs hasta

Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "hasta": st.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • haja ← ahja · haaj · hajja · hhaja · hjaa
  • hasta ← ahsta · hasat · hassta · hastta · hatsa · hhasta · hsata

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "haja" and "hasta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haja" is a verb and "hasta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "haja" or "hasta"?
"haja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,327 in our Portuguese list, against #23,681 for "hasta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "haja" vs "hasta" 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 "hasta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haja" and "hasta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hasta vs hóstia". 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 #43,218 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