# him vs his

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### him
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhɪm/ · frequency rank #82*
A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/him-vs-his