Which to use
“Hak” is a name and “his” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,790
- “Hak” frequency rank
- #34
- “his” frequency rank
- 48824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hak | his |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | Belonging to him. |
Letter map: Hak vs his
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hak and his apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for Hak / his
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hak is aname and hisadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hak is recorded at frequency rank #48,790, classified as aname. his is at rank #34, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɪ̈z/.
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 48824, this pair ranks #189,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hak vs his
Shared letters: h. Private to "Hak": ak. Private to "his": is.
"Hak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Hak" and "his" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Hak" vs "his" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "Hak" and "his". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "his" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hak" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hak vs hoke". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #189,462 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.