# he vs him

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### he
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhiː/ · frequency rank #22*
A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.

### him
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhɪm/ · frequency rank #82*
A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

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