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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haja" and "hasta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "haja" or "hasta"?
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.