Which to use
“heads” and “heart” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,765
- “heads” frequency rank
- #9,350
- “heart” frequency rank
- 39115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heads | heart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cara | coração |
Where the eye mixes heads and heart
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. heads and heart follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: heads vs heart
A purely visual mix-up. heads (/hɛdz/) and heart (/hɑɹt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heads is recorded at frequency rank #29,765, classified as anoun, pronounced /hɛdz/. 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 39115, this pair ranks #27,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heads vs heart
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "heads": ds. Private to "heart": rt.
"heads" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heads" and "heart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "heads" vs "heart" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "heads" 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 #27,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heads" and "heart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heads vs heat". 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 #27,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.