HungriavshungryConfusable pair

Quick tell: Hungria is a noun, hungry is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hungria” is a noun and “hungry” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,958
“Hungria” frequency rank
#39,195
“hungry” frequency rank
45153
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hungria hungry
Definition país da Europa, faz fronteira com a Eslováquia, Ucrânia, Romênia, Sérvia, Croácia, Eslovênia e Áustria faminto, esfomeado, com fome

Letter map: Hungria vs hungry

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hungria and hungry apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
Hungria
6 ch
hungry

Grammar separator: Hungria vs hungry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hungria is anoun and hungryanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hungria is recorded at frequency rank #5,958, classified as anoun. hungry is at rank #39,195, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/.

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 45153, this pair ranks #20,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hungria vs hungry

Shared letters: ghnru. Private to "Hungria": ai. Private to "hungry": y.

"Hungria" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "hungry" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hungriahhungria · hnugria · hugnria · hunggria · hungira · hungrai · hungrria · hunngria
  • hungryhhungry · hnugry · hugnry · hunggry · hungrry · hungryy · hungyr · hunngry

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hungria" and "hungry" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hungria" is a noun and "hungry" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Hungria" or "hungry" show up more?
"Hungria" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,958 in our Portuguese list, against #39,195 for "hungry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Hungria" vs "hungry" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hungria" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hungry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hungria" and "hungry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hunger vs hungry". 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 #20,264 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