haravsharémTell them apart

Quick tell: hara is a pronoun, harém is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hara” is a pronoun and “harém” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,669
“hara” frequency rank
#35,624
“harém” frequency rank
58293
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hara harém
Definition onde: parte do palácio onde vivem as mulheres (entre os povos muçulmanos)

Letter map: hara vs harém

Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and harém apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against harém's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hara
5 ch
harém

Role in the sentence - hara and harém

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and harémanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. harém is at rank #35,624, tagged as anoun, pronounced /a.ˈɾɐ̃j̃/.

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 58293, this pair ranks #8,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hara vs harém

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hara": -. Private to "harém": mé.

"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "harém" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hara" and "harém" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hara" is a pronoun and "harém" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hara" vs "harém" - which ranks higher?
"hara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,669 in our Portuguese list, against #35,624 for "harém". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "hara" vs "harém" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "harém" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hara" and "harém" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber 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 #8,827 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