Which to use
“house” is a noun and “houver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,684
- “house” frequency rank
- #3,773
- “houver” frequency rank
- 6457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | house | houver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casa | primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo do verbo haver |
Letter map: house vs houver
Shared letters muted; letters that set house and houver apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. house runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against houver's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: house vs houver
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: house is anoun and houveraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
house is recorded at frequency rank #2,684, classified as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/. houver is at rank #3,773, tagged as averb.
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 6457, this pair ranks #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of house vs houver
Shared letters: ehou. Private to "house": s. Private to "houver": rv.
"house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "houver" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "house" and "houver" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "house" or "houver" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "house" and "houver".
- Full dictionary entry for "house" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "houver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "house" and "houver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hooker vs houver". 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 #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.