haravsheraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#22,669
“hara” frequency rank
#22,045
“hera” frequency rank
44714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hara hera
Definition onde: designação de várias plantas trepadoras

Letter map: hara vs hera

Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and hera apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hara and hera follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
hara
4 ch
hera

Role in the sentence - hara and hera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and heraanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “hara” becomes e in “hera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. hera is at rank #22,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/.

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 44714, this pair ranks #20,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hara vs hera

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

"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa
  • hera ← ehra · herra · hhera · hrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hara" for "hera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hara" is a pronoun and "hera" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hara" or "hera"?
"hera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,045 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.

What to do next

Pair "hara" vs "hera" 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 "hera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hara" and "hera" 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 #20,712 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