haravshurtWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#22,669
“hara” frequency rank
#23,362
“hurt” frequency rank
46031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hara hurt
Definition onde: machucado, ferido

Letter map: hara vs hurt

Shared letters muted; letters that set hara and hurt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hara (CVCV) and hurt (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hara
4 ch
hurt

Role in the sentence - hara and hurt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hara is apronoun and hurtanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hara is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as apron. hurt is at rank #23,362, tagged as anadj, pronounced /hɜːt/.

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 46031, this pair ranks #19,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hara vs hurt

Shared letters: hr. Private to "hara": a. Private to "hurt": tu.

"hara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hara ← ahra · haar · harra · hhara · hraa
  • hurt ← hhurt · hrut · hurrt · hurtt · hutr · uhrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hara" and "hurt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hara" is a pronoun and "hurt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hara" or "hurt"?
"hara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,669 in our Portuguese list, against #23,362 for "hurt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hara" vs "hurt" 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 "hurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hara" and "hurt" 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 #19,338 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