# hear vs hey

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### hear
*verb · IPA /hiːɹ/ · frequency rank #23,683*
ouvir

### hey
*intj · IPA /ˈhɛi/ · frequency rank #6,190*
oi; olá (usada como saudação)

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