heevshorWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,958
“hee” frequency rank
#45,433
“hor” frequency rank
60391
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hee hor
Definition An expression of laughter. her

Letter map: hee vs hor

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

3 ch
hee
3 ch
hor

Grammar separator: hee vs hor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hee is anintj and horapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hee is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anintj. hor is at rank #45,433, tagged as apron, pronounced /høː/.

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 60391, this pair ranks #100,459 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hee vs hor

Shared letters: h. Private to "hee": e. Private to "hor": or.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hee" for "hor" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hee" is an intj and "hor" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hee" vs "hor" - which ranks higher?
"hee" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,958 in our English list, against #45,433 for "hor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,459 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hee" and "hor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hor". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #100,459 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list