Which to use
“her” is an adverb and “hmm” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,053
- “her” frequency rank
- #10,171
- “hmm” frequency rank
- 24224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | her | hmm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Indique un mouvement en direction du locuteur | Variante de hum, hm, exprime l’hésitation. |
Letter map: her vs hmm
Shared letters muted; letters that set her and hmm apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - her and hmm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is anadverb and hmmanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
her is recorded at frequency rank #14,053, classified as anadv, pronounced \heːɐ̯\. hmm is at rank #10,171, tagged as anintj.
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 24224, this pair ranks #347,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of her vs hmm
Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "hmm": m.
"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hmm" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "her" and "hmm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "her" or "hmm" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "her" and "hmm". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hmm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "her" and "hmm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs her". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #347,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.