he vs hide, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#7,293
“he” frequency rank: #36,940
“hide” frequency rank: 44233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	he	hide
Definition	caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas	esconderijo

Letter map: he vs hide

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

2 ch

4 ch

hide

Grammar separator: he vs hide

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he is apronoun and hideanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

he is recorded at frequency rank #7,293, classified as apron. hide is at rank #36,940, tagged as anoun, pronounced /haɪd/.

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 44233, this pair ranks #21,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of he vs hide

Shared letters: eh. Private to "he": -. Private to "hide": di.

"he" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

hide ← hdie · hhide · hidde · hied · ihde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "he" for "hide" ever safe?

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

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

"he" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,293 in our Portuguese list, against #36,940 for "hide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "he" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #21,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"he" and "hide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hebe vs hide". 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 #21,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.