his vs Hs, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“his” is a determiner and “Hs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,230
“his” frequency rank: #14,696
“Hs” frequency rank: 25926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	his	Hs
Definition	Son, sa ou ses (à lui).	Pluriel de H.

Where the eye mixes his and Hs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch

his

2 ch

Why the eye confuses his with Hs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: his is \hɪz\ while Hs is \haːs\. 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 (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

his is recorded at frequency rank #11,230, classified as adet, pronounced \hɪz\. Hs is at rank #14,696, tagged as anoun, pronounced \haːs\.

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 25926, this pair ranks #338,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of his vs Hs

Shared letters: hs. Private to "his": i. Private to "Hs": -.

"his" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Hs" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "his" for "Hs" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "his" is a determiner and "Hs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "his" vs "Hs" - which ranks higher?

"his" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,230 in our French list, against #14,696 for "Hs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "his" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #338,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"his" and "Hs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hash vs Hs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #338,082 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.