# hão vs his

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### hão
*verb · IPA /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] · frequency rank #24,033*
terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo haver

### his
*pronoun · frequency rank #8,209*
pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/hao-vs-his