Which to use
“hart” and “hurt” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,299
- “hart” frequency rank
- #23,362
- “hurt” frequency rank
- 40661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hart | hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | duro, rígido | machucado, ferido |
Where the eye mixes hart and hurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hart and hurt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses hart with hurt
A purely visual mix-up. hart (/hart) and hurt (/hɜːt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “hart” becomes u in “hurt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hart is recorded at frequency rank #17,299, classified as anadj, pronounced /hart. 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 40661, this pair ranks #25,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hart vs hurt
Shared letters: hrt. Private to "hart": a. Private to "hurt": u.
"hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hart" and "hurt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hart" or "hurt" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "hart" 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 #25,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hart" and "hurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs hurt". 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 #25,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.