# harm vs her

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### harm
*noun · IPA /hɑːm/ · frequency rank #3,169*
Physical injury; hurt; damage.

### her
*determiner · IPA /ˈhɜː/ · frequency rank #58*
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harm-vs-her