Which to use
“hee” is an intj and “her” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,958
- “hee” frequency rank
- #58
- “her” frequency rank
- 15016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hee | her |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An expression of laughter. | Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). |
Letter map: hee vs her
Shared letters muted; letters that set hee and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: hee vs her
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hee is anintj and heradeterminer. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “hee” becomes r in “her”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hee is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anintj. her is at rank #58, tagged as adet, pronounced /ˈhɜː/.
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 15016, this pair ranks #466,568 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hee vs her
Shared letters: eh. Private to "hee": -. Private to "her": r.
"hee" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hee" and "her" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "hee" or "her" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "hee" and "her". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "her" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #466,568 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hee" and "her" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hee vs hoke". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #466,568 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.