hat vs his, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,453
“hat” frequency rank: #8,209
“his” frequency rank: 27662
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hat	his
Definition	chapéu	pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.

Letter map: hat vs his

Shared letters muted; letters that set hat and his apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

hat

3 ch

his

Grammar separator: hat vs his

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hat is anoun and hisapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hat is recorded at frequency rank #19,453, classified as anoun, pronounced /hæt/, SAMPA: /h{t/. his is at rank #8,209, 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 27662, this pair ranks #41,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hat vs his

Shared letters: h. Private to "hat": at. Private to "his": is.

"hat" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hat" for "his" ever safe?

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

Frequency check: "hat" vs "his" - which ranks higher?

"his" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,209 in our Portuguese list, against #19,453 for "hat". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hat" and "his". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "hat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "his" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #41,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hat" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hat vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.