# herself vs himself

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### herself
*pronoun · IPA /hɜːˈsɛlf/ · frequency rank #1,723*
Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

### himself
*pronoun · IPA /hɪmˈsɛlf/ · frequency rank #561*
Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herself-vs-himself