hanivshuiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hani is a noun, hui is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hani” is a noun and “hui” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,622
“hani” frequency rank
#41,055
“hui” frequency rank
76677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hani hui
Definition galo, macho da galinha (Gallus gallus) hoje

Letter map: hani vs hui

Shared letters muted; letters that set hani and hui apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hani
3 ch
hui

Role in the sentence - hani and hui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hani is anoun and huianadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hani is recorded at frequency rank #35,622, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhaː.nɪ/. hui is at rank #41,055, tagged as anadv.

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 76677, this pair ranks #2,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hani vs hui

Shared letters: hi. Private to "hani": an. Private to "hui": u.

"hani" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • haniahni · hain · hanni · hhani · hnai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hani" for "hui" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hani" is a noun and "hui" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hani" vs "hui" - which ranks higher?
"hani" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,622 in our Portuguese list, against #41,055 for "hui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "hani" and "hui". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hani" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hani" and "hui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs Hut". 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 #2,043 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