haravshearWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#22,669
“hara” frequency rank
#23,683
“hear” frequency rank
46352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hara hear
Definition onde: ouvir

Letter map: hara vs hear

Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and hear apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hara (CVCV) and hear (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hara
4 ch
hear

Grammar separator: hara vs hear

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and hearaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. hear is at rank #23,683, tagged as averb, pronounced /hiːɹ/.

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 46352, this pair ranks #18,965 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hara vs hear

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hara": -. Private to "hear": e.

"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa
  • hear ← ehar · haer · hearr · hhear

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hara" and "hear" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hara" is a pronoun and "hear" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hara" vs "hear" - which ranks higher?
"hara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,669 in our Portuguese list, against #23,683 for "hear". 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 "hear" 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 "hear" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,965 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hara" and "hear" 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 #18,965 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