her

adj

The verdict

“her” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,857 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#9,857
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

her vs ho
33% similar
her vs hit
33% similar
her vs hey
67% similar

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

Key facts for her
PropertyValue
Headwordher
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters3
Frequency rank#9,857
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “her” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). her lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for her is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #9,857 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela".

No generated misspelling entries exist for her in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ho", "hit", "hey", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is her, spelled H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela

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 "her"?
"her" is spelled H-E-R.
What does "her" mean?
As an adjective, "her" means: adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela
What words are commonly confused with "her"?
"her" 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 "her" come from?
"her" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “her”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “ho” - see the side-by-side comparison. her vs ho
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list