Which to use
“hara” is a pronoun and “hat” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,669
- “hara” frequency rank
- #19,453
- “hat” frequency rank
- 42122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hara | hat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | onde: | chapéu |
Letter map: hara vs hat
Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and hat apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - hara and hat
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and hatanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. hat is at rank #19,453, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hæt/, SAMPA: /h{t/.
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 42122, this pair ranks #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hara vs hat
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hara": r. Private to "hat": t.
"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hat" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hara" for "hat" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "hara" and "hat". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hara" and "hat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hamza vs hara". 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 #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.