Which to use
“hard” and “heart” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,418
- “hard” frequency rank
- #9,350
- “heart” frequency rank
- 16768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hard | heart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | condição de atuação difícil, dura | coração |
Letter map: hard vs heart
Shared letters muted; letters that set hard and heart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on hard vs heart
hard and heart are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hard is recorded at frequency rank #7,418, classified as anoun. heart is at rank #9,350, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɑɹt/.
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 16768, this pair ranks #54,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hard vs heart
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hard": d. Private to "heart": et.
"hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hard" and "heart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hard" or "heart"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hard" and "heart". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hard" and "heart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hard vs harém". 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 #54,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.