Which to use
“him” is a pronoun and “hizo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,444
- “him” frequency rank
- #223
- “hizo” frequency rank
- 23667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | him | hizo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Él. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de hacer o de hacerse. |
Where the eye mixes him and hizo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses him with hizo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: him is /ˈhɪm/ while hizo is [ˈiso]. 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 (pronoun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
him is recorded at frequency rank #23,444, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈhɪm/. hizo is at rank #223, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈiso].
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 23667, this pair ranks #244,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of him vs hizo
Shared letters: hi. Private to "him": m. Private to "hizo": oz.
"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hizo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hizo ← hhizo · hioz · hizzo · hzio · ihzo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "him" and "hizo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "him" or "hizo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "him" and "hizo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hizo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "him" and "hizo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hut". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #244,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.