# hide vs his

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hide
*verb · IPA /haɪd/ · frequency rank #2,794*
To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

### his
*determiner · IPA /ɪ̈z/ · frequency rank #34*
Belonging to him.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hide-vs-his