Which to use
“hui” is an adverb and “hurt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,055
- “hui” frequency rank
- #23,362
- “hurt” frequency rank
- 64417
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hui | hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hoje | machucado, ferido |
Letter map: hui vs hurt
Shared letters muted; letters that set hui and hurt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hui runs 3 letters (CVV) against hurt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: hui vs hurt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hui is anadverb and hurtanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hui is recorded at frequency rank #41,055, classified as anadv. hurt is at rank #23,362, tagged as anadj, pronounced /hɜːt/.
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 64417, this pair ranks #5,791 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hui vs hurt
Shared letters: hu. Private to "hui": i. Private to "hurt": rt.
"hui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hurt ← hhurt · hrut · hurrt · hurtt · hutr · uhrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hui" for "hurt" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hui" or "hurt" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hui" and "hurt". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,791 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hui" and "hurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs Hut". 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 #5,791 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.