hojevshomenConfusable pair

Quick tell: hoje is a adverb, homen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hoje” is an adverb and “homen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#117
“hoje” frequency rank
#35,187
“homen” frequency rank
35304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hoje homen
Definition o dia atual, aquele em que se está homem

Letter map: hoje vs homen

Shared letters muted; letters that set hoje and homen apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hoje runs 4 letters (CVCV) against homen's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hoje
5 ch
homen

Part-of-speech tell for hoje / homen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hoje is anadverb and homenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hoje is recorded at frequency rank #117, classified as anadv. homen is at rank #35,187, tagged as anoun, pronounced /o.meŋ/.

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 35304, this pair ranks #31,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hoje vs homen

Shared letters: eho. Private to "hoje": j. Private to "homen": mn.

"hoje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "homen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hoje ← hhoje · hjoe · hoej · hojje · ohje
  • homen ← hhomen · hmoen · hoemn · homenn · hommen · homne · ohmen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hoje" and "homen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hoje" is an adverb and "homen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hoje" vs "homen" - which ranks higher?
"hoje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #117 in our Portuguese list, against #35,187 for "homen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "hoje" and "homen". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hoje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "homen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hoje" and "homen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homen vs hon". 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 #31,751 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