h vs hon, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“h” is a symbol and “hon” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,433
“h” frequency rank: #33,010
“hon” frequency rank: 34443
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	h	hon
Definition	símbolo de hora:	ela

Letter map: h vs hon

Shared letters muted; letters that set h and hon apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

1 ch

3 ch

hon

Part-of-speech tell for h / hon

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: h is asymbol and honapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “h” sits inside “hon”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

h is recorded at frequency rank #1,433, classified as asymbol. hon is at rank #33,010, tagged as apron, pronounced [hoːn].

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 34443, this pair ranks #32,820 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of h vs hon

Shared letters: h. Private to "h": -. Private to "hon": no.

"h" · 1 letters · shape C · "hon" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "h" for "hon" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "h" is a symbol and "hon" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "h" or "hon"?

"h" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,433 in our Portuguese list, against #33,010 for "hon". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "h" and "hon". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "h" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #32,820 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"h" and "hon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hon vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,820 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.