Which to use
“hoje” is an adverb and “house” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #117
- “hoje” frequency rank
- #2,684
- “house” frequency rank
- 2801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hoje | house |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o dia atual, aquele em que se está | casa |
Letter map: hoje vs house
Shared letters muted; letters that set hoje and house apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hoje runs 4 letters (CVCV) against house's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: hoje vs house
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hoje is anadverb and houseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hoje is recorded at frequency rank #117, classified as anadv. house is at rank #2,684, tagged as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/.
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 2801, this pair ranks #72,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hoje vs house
Shared letters: eho. Private to "hoje": j. Private to "house": su.
"hoje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hoje" for "house" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hoje" or "house"?
What to do next
You've compared "hoje" and "house". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hoje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "house" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hoje" and "house" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hebe vs hoje". 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 #72,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.