# him vs hit

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hit
*verb · IPA /hɪt/ · frequency rank #421*
To strike.

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