Which to use
“Hand” and “hard” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,761
- “Hand” frequency rank
- #7,418
- “hard” frequency rank
- 21179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hand | hard |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mão | condição de atuação difícil, dura |
Letter map: Hand vs hard
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hand and hard apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - Hand / hard
Hand 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 differ by a single letter - n in “Hand” becomes r in “hard”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hand is recorded at frequency rank #13,761, classified as anoun, pronounced /hant/. 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 21179, this pair ranks #49,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hand vs hard
Shared letters: adh. Private to "Hand": n. Private to "hard": r.
"Hand" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hand" for "hard" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Hand" vs "hard" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Hand" vs "hard" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hand" 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 #49,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hand" and "hard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hand vs hani". 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 #49,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.