Which to use
“her” is a determiner and “hic” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #58
- “her” frequency rank
- #49,392
- “hic” frequency rank
- 49450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | her | hic |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). | An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. |
Where the eye mixes her and hic
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: her is /ˈhɜː/ while hic is /hɪk/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
her is recorded at frequency rank #58, classified as adet, pronounced /ˈhɜː/. hic is at rank #49,392, tagged as anintj, pronounced /hɪk/.
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 49450, this pair ranks #183,487 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of her vs hic
Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "hic": ci.
"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hic" · 3 letters · shape CVC