# have vs havia

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### have
*verb · frequency rank #7,419*
ter, possuir

### havia
*verb · frequency rank #315*
primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo haver

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/have-vs-havia