Which to use
“hard” is a noun and “hear” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,418
- “hard” frequency rank
- #23,683
- “hear” frequency rank
- 31101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hard | hear |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | condição de atuação difícil, dura | ouvir |
Letter map: hard vs hear
Shared letters muted; letters that set hard and hear apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for hard / hear
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hard is anoun and hearaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hard is recorded at frequency rank #7,418, classified as anoun. 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 31101, this pair ranks #37,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hard vs hear
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hard": d. Private to "hear": e.
"hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hard" for "hear" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hard" vs "hear" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "hard" vs "hear" 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 "hear" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hard" and "hear" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hear vs Hebe". 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 #37,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.