his

pron

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,209

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

his is aPortuguesepron. It means: pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele. It ranks #8,209 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ho and hit.

Key facts for his
PropertyValue
Headwordhis
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPron
Letters3
Frequency rank#8,209
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of his in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for his is 3 letters long, classified as apron. Corpus data places it at rank #8,209 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for his in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ho", "hit", "hot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is his, spelled H-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.

Frequency rank: #8,209 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "his"?
"his" is spelled H-I-S.
What does "his" mean?
As a pron, "his" means: pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.
What words are commonly confused with "his"?
"his" is commonly confused with "ho", "hit", "hot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "his" come from?
"his" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.