Which to use
“hara” is a pronoun and “hasta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,669
- “hara” frequency rank
- #23,681
- “hasta” frequency rank
- 46350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hara | hasta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | onde: | lança |
Letter map: hara vs hasta
Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and hasta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hasta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hara and hasta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and hastaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. hasta is at rank #23,681, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaʃ.tɐ/.
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 46350, this pair ranks #18,969 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hara vs hasta
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hara": r. Private to "hasta": st.
"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hasta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hara" and "hasta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hara" or "hasta" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hara" and "hasta". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hasta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,969 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hara" and "hasta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hasta vs hóstia". 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 #18,969 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.