hee vs his, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,958
“hee” frequency rank: #34
“his” frequency rank: 14992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hee	his
Definition	An expression of laughter.	Belonging to him.

Letter map: hee vs his

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

3 ch

hee

3 ch

his

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hee is anintj and hisadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hee is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anintj. 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 14992, this pair ranks #466,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hee vs his

Shared letters: h. Private to "hee": e. Private to "his": is.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hee" and "his" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hee" is an intj and "his" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "hee" or "his"?

"his" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 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

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Full dictionary entry for "hee" 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 #466,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hee" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hee vs hoke". Nearby pair

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