Which to use
“have” is a verb and “he” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,419
- “have” frequency rank
- #7,293
- “he” frequency rank
- 14712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | have | he |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ter, possuir | caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas |
Letter map: have vs he
Shared letters muted; letters that set have and he apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - have and he
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: have is averb and heapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
have is recorded at frequency rank #7,419, classified as averb. he is at rank #7,293, 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 14712, this pair ranks #57,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of have vs he
Shared letters: eh. Private to "have": av. Private to "he": -.
"have" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "he" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- have ← ahve · haev · havve · hhave · hvae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "have" for "he" ever safe?
Frequency check: "have" vs "he" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "have" and "he". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "have" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "he" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "have" and "he" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs have". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #57,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.