him vs hr, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“him” is a pronoun and “hr” is an onomatopoeia - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,888
“him” frequency rank: #25,352
“hr” frequency rank: 48240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	him	hr
Definition	Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier masculin accusatif. Le, lui.	Variante de hrr.

Letter map: him vs hr

Shared letters muted; letters that set him and hr apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

him

2 ch

Grammar separator: him vs hr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and hranonomatopoeia. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48240, 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\. hr is at rank #25,352, tagged as anonomatopoeia.

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 48240, this pair ranks #180,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of him vs hr

Shared letters: h. Private to "him": im. Private to "hr": r.

"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hr" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "him" and "hr" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "him" is a pronoun and "hr" an onomatopoeia, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "him" or "hr"?

"him" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,888 in our French list, against #25,352 for "hr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "him" and "hr". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #180,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"him" and "hr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs hr". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #180,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.