his
/ˈhɪz/
The verdict
“his” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,485) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,485
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (de él) Su , sus, suyo, suya, suyos, suyas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-his · his · Spanish
his · rank #13,485 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,485
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH her
Nearest frequency peer: her (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “his”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hegemonía
hegemonía
86,518 corpus weight
- her
her
86,517 corpus weight
- his
his
86,516 corpus weight
- hormigas
hormigas
86,515 corpus weight
- huérfanos
huérfanos
86,514 corpus weight
- huésped
huésped
86,513 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “his” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | his |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪz/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #13,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “his” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for his is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ho", "hoy", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈhɪz/. Frequency #13,485 among 1,569 “H” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
his doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ho", "hoy", "hot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is his, spelled H-I-S.
Definition
- 1(de él) Su , sus, suyo, suya, suyos, suyas.
- 2Eso que le pertenece; el caso posesivo de he, usado sin un sustantivo a continuación.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how his appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
This black hat is his.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "his", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "his" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ho". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #13,485 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.