heevshimWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hee is a intj, him is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hee” is an intj and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,958
“hee” frequency rank
#82
“him” frequency rank
15040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hee him
Definition An expression of laughter. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

Letter map: hee vs him

Shared letters muted; letters that set hee and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
hee
3 ch
him

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hee is anintj and himapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hee is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anintj. him is at rank #82, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈhɪm/.

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 15040, this pair ranks #466,416 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hee vs him

Shared letters: h. Private to "hee": e. Private to "him": im.

"hee" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hee" and "him" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hee" is an intj and "him" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hee" or "him"?
"him" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #82 in our English list, against #14,958 for "hee". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "hee" and "him". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "him" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #466,416 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hee" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hee vs hoke". Nearby pair

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list