Which to use
“him” is a pronoun and “hmm” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,888
- “him” frequency rank
- #10,171
- “hmm” frequency rank
- 33059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | him | hmm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier masculin accusatif. Le, lui. | Variante de hum, hm, exprime l’hésitation. |
Letter map: him vs hmm
Shared letters muted; letters that set him and hmm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for him / hmm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and hmmanintj. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “him” becomes m in “hmm”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
him is recorded at frequency rank #22,888, classified as apron, pronounced \hɪm\. 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 33059, this pair ranks #293,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of him vs hmm
Shared letters: hm. Private to "him": i. Private to "hmm": -.
"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hmm" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "him" for "hmm" ever safe?
Frequency check: "him" vs "hmm" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "him" and "hmm".
- Full dictionary entry for "him" 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 #293,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "him" and "hmm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs him". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #293,109 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.