hervshhhWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: her is a determiner, hhh is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#58
“her” frequency rank
#46,514
“hhh” frequency rank
46572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her hhh
Definition Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). A sigh; indicates distress, discomfort, boredom or confusion.

Letter map: her vs hhh

Shared letters muted; letters that set her and hhh apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
her
3 ch
hhh

Role in the sentence - her and hhh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is adeterminer and hhhanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #58, classified as adet, pronounced /ˈhɜː/. hhh is at rank #46,514, tagged as anintj.

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 46572, this pair ranks #210,490 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of her vs hhh

Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "hhh": -.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hhh" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "her" and "hhh" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is a determiner and "hhh" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "her" vs "hhh" - which ranks higher?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #58 in our English list, against #46,514 for "hhh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "her" vs "hhh" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hhh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,490 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "hhh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hhh vs HRW". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #210,490 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