hallvshardWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“hall” and “hard” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,428
“hall” frequency rank
#7,418
“hard” frequency rank
13846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hall hard
Definition saguão condição de atuação difícil, dura

Letter map: hall vs hard

Shared letters muted; letters that set hall and hard apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hall
4 ch
hard

Pair insight - hall / hard

hall and hard are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hall is recorded at frequency rank #6,428, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɒlː/. hard is at rank #7,418, tagged as anoun.

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 13846, this pair ranks #58,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hall vs hard

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hall": l. Private to "hard": dr.

"hall" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hallahll · hhall · hlal
  • hardahrd · hadr · hardd · harrd · hhard · hrad

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hall" for "hard" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hall" vs "hard" - which ranks higher?
"hall" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,428 in our Portuguese list, against #7,418 for "hard". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hall" and "hard".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hall" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hall" and "hard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hard vs harém". 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 #58,371 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