HaivshimTell them apart

Quick tell: Hai is a noun, him is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hai” is a noun and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,805
“Hai” frequency rank
#19,748
“him” frequency rank
51553
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hai him
Definition tubarão caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe

Letter map: Hai vs him

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hai and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Hai
3 ch
him

Part-of-speech tell for Hai / him

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hai is anoun and himapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hai is recorded at frequency rank #31,805, classified as anoun, pronounced /haɪ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?). him is at rank #19,748, tagged as apron.

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 51553, this pair ranks #13,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hai vs him

Shared letters: hi. Private to "Hai": a. Private to "him": m.

"Hai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hai" and "him" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hai" is a noun and "him" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Hai" vs "him" - which ranks higher?
"him" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,748 in our Portuguese list, against #31,805 for "Hai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hai" and "him".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "him" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hai" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hai vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list