Which to use
“hide” is a verb and “his” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,794
- “hide” frequency rank
- #34
- “his” frequency rank
- 2828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hide | his |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover. | Belonging to him. |
Where the eye mixes hide and his
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hide is /haɪd/ while his is /ɪ̈z/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hide is recorded at frequency rank #2,794, classified as averb, pronounced /haɪd/. his is at rank #34, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɪ̈z/.
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 2828, this pair ranks #523,919 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hide vs his
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hide": de. Private to "his": s.
"hide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hide ← hdie · hhide · hidde · hied · ihde