hastevshateWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“haste” and “hate” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,313
“haste” frequency rank
#12,905
“hate” frequency rank
33218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haste hate
Definition pedaço de pau ou ferro, delgado, levantado e direito, em que se embute ou encrava alguma coisa, como uma bandeira, uma lança, uma alabarda ódio

Letter map: haste vs hate

Shared letters muted; letters that set haste and hate apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
haste
4 ch
hate

Corpus notes: haste and hate

haste and hate 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 33218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haste is recorded at frequency rank #20,313, classified as anoun. hate is at rank #12,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /heɪt/.

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 33218, this pair ranks #34,350 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of haste vs hate

Shared letters: aeht. Private to "haste": s. Private to "hate": -.

"haste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hasteahste · haset · hasste · hastte · hatse · hhaste · hsate
  • hateahte · haet · hatte · hhate · htae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "haste" and "hate" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "haste" vs "hate" - which ranks higher?
"hate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,905 in our Portuguese list, against #20,313 for "haste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "haste" and "hate". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "haste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,350 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haste" and "hate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs hate". 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 #34,350 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