Which to use
“hers” is a pronoun and “Hur” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,460
- “hers” frequency rank
- #30,836
- “Hur” frequency rank
- 38296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hers | Hur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. | A surname. |
Letter map: hers vs Hur
Shared letters muted; letters that set hers and Hur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hers / Hur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hers is apronoun and Huraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hers is recorded at frequency rank #7,460, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈhɜːz/. Hur is at rank #30,836, tagged as aname.
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 38296, this pair ranks #287,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hers vs Hur
Shared letters: hr. Private to "hers": es. Private to "Hur": u.
"hers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Hur" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hers ← ehrs · herrs · herss · hesr · hhers · hres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hers" and "Hur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "hers" or "Hur" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hers" and "Hur". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hers" and "Hur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "HRW vs Hur". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #287,156 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.