hee vs hit, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,958
“hee” frequency rank: #421
“hit” frequency rank: 15379
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hee	hit
Definition	An expression of laughter.	To strike.

Letter map: hee vs hit

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

3 ch

hee

3 ch

hit

Grammar separator: hee vs hit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hee is anintj and hitaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hee is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anintj. hit is at rank #421, tagged as averb, pronounced /hɪt/.

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 15379, this pair ranks #464,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hee vs hit

Shared letters: h. Private to "hee": e. Private to "hit": it.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hee" and "hit" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

In ordinary English text, does "hee" or "hit" show up more?

"hit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #421 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.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "hee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #464,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hee" and "hit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hee vs hoke". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #464,295 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.