hevsHutWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,293
“he” frequency rank
#37,363
“Hut” frequency rank
44656
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature he Hut
Definition caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural, eles, elas chapéu

Letter map: he vs Hut

Shared letters muted; letters that set he and Hut apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
he
3 ch
Hut

Part-of-speech tell for he / Hut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he is apronoun and Hutanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

he is recorded at frequency rank #7,293, classified as apron. Hut is at rank #37,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced /huːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 44656, this pair ranks #20,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of he vs Hut

Shared letters: h. Private to "he": e. Private to "Hut": tu.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "he" and "Hut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "he" is a pronoun and "Hut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "he" vs "Hut" - which ranks higher?
"he" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,293 in our Portuguese list, against #37,363 for "Hut". 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 "Hut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "he" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "he" and "Hut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs Hut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,789 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