haravsherConfusable pair

Quick tell: hara is a pronoun, her is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,669
“hara” frequency rank
#9,857
“her” frequency rank
32526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hara her
Definition onde: adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela

Letter map: hara vs her

Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hara
3 ch
her

Part-of-speech tell for hara / her

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and heranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. her is at rank #9,857, tagged as anadj.

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 32526, this pair ranks #35,252 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hara vs her

Shared letters: hr. Private to "hara": a. Private to "her": e.

"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • haraahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hara" and "her" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hara" is a pronoun and "her" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hara" vs "her" - which ranks higher?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,857 in our Portuguese list, against #22,669 for "hara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hara" and "her".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "her" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,252 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hara" and "her" 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 #35,252 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