Which to use
“haja” is a verb and “hate” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,327
- “haja” frequency rank
- #12,905
- “hate” frequency rank
- 15232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haja | hate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo haver | ódio |
Letter map: haja vs hate
Shared letters muted; letters that set haja and hate apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for haja / hate
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haja is averb and hateanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haja is recorded at frequency rank #2,327, classified as averb. hate is at rank #12,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /heɪt/.
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 15232, this pair ranks #56,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of haja vs hate
Shared letters: ah. Private to "haja": j. Private to "hate": et.
"haja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "haja" for "hate" ever safe?
Frequency check: "haja" vs "hate" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "haja" vs "hate" 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 "hate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haja" and "hate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs hate". 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 #56,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.