he

pron

The verdict

“he” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,293) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,293
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas

Corpus desk

Index PT-he · he · Portuguese

he · rank #7,293 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,293
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH gerado

Nearest frequency peer: gerado (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “he”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “he” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

he vs ho
50% similar
he vs hit
33% similar
he vs hey
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for he
PropertyValue
Headwordhe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#7,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “he”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).hecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “gerado” (#7,290), “incomodar” (#7,296), “frequente” (#7,289). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “he” fica em #7,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for he is neighbouring look-alikes ("ho", "hit", …), not just typos; it is apronoun. Frequency #7,293 among 409 “H” headwords. Gloss: "caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for he, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ho", "hit", "hey", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is he, spelled H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how he appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sinä annoit heille leipää
  2. Nota 1: Usado apenas para seres humanos.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "he"?
"he" is spelled H-E.
What does "he" mean?
As a pronoun, "he" means: caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas
What words are commonly confused with "he"?
"he" is commonly confused with "ho", "hit", "hey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "he" come from?
"he" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list