he vs hem, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“he” is a pronoun and “hem” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,293
“he” frequency rank: #27,124
“hem” frequency rank: 34417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	he	hem
Definition	caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas	expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clareza ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou de comunicar

Letter map: he vs hem

Shared letters muted; letters that set he and hem apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

hem

Grammar separator: he vs hem

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he is apronoun and hemanintj. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “he” sits inside “hem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

he is recorded at frequency rank #7,293, classified as apron. hem is at rank #27,124, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ẽɲ/.

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 34417, this pair ranks #32,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of he vs hem

Shared letters: eh. Private to "he": -. Private to "hem": m.

"he" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hem" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "he" and "hem" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "he" is a pronoun and "hem" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "he" or "hem"?

"he" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,293 in our Portuguese list, against #27,124 for "hem". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "he" and "hem". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "he" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #32,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"he" and "hem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hem vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.