Which to use
“hard” is a noun and “hart” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,418
- “hard” frequency rank
- #17,299
- “hart” frequency rank
- 24717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hard | hart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | condição de atuação difícil, dura | duro, rígido |
Letter map: hard vs hart
Shared letters muted; letters that set hard and hart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for hard / hart
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hard is anoun and hartanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “hard” becomes t in “hart”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hard is recorded at frequency rank #7,418, classified as anoun. hart is at rank #17,299, tagged as anadj, pronounced /hart.
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 24717, this pair ranks #44,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hard vs hart
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hard": d. Private to "hart": t.
"hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hard" for "hart" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hard" or "hart"?
Useful next steps
Pair "hard" vs "hart" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hard" and "hart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hart vs Hut". 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 #44,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.