hajavshateWhich spelling fits?

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

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.

4 ch
haja
4 ch
hate

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

  • hajaahja · haaj · hajja · hhaja · hjaa
  • hateahte · haet · hatte · hhate · htae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "haja" for "hate" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haja" is a verb and "hate" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "haja" vs "hate" - which ranks higher?
"haja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,327 in our Portuguese list, against #12,905 for "hate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list