hidevshidraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#36,940
“hide” frequency rank
#34,310
“hidra” frequency rank
71250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hide hidra
Definition esconderijo criatura serpentina com múltiplas cabeças que se regeneram ao serem cortadas, célebre na mitologia grega

Letter map: hide vs hidra

Shared letters muted; letters that set hide and hidra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
hide
5 ch
hidra

Corpus notes: hide and hidra

hide and hidra 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 71250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hide is recorded at frequency rank #36,940, classified as anoun, pronounced /haɪd/. hidra is at rank #34,310, tagged as anoun.

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 71250, this pair ranks #3,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hide vs hidra

Shared letters: dhi. Private to "hide": e. Private to "hidra": ar.

"hide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hidra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hidehdie · hhide · hidde · hied · ihde
  • hidrahdira · hhidra · hidar · hiddra · hidrra · hirda · ihdra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hide" for "hidra" ever safe?
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: "hide" vs "hidra" - which ranks higher?
"hidra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,310 in our Portuguese list, against #36,940 for "hide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hide" and "hidra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hidra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hide" and "hidra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hebe vs hide". 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 #3,389 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