Which to use
“hear” is a verb and “her” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,683
- “hear” frequency rank
- #9,857
- “her” frequency rank
- 33540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hear | her |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ouvir | adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela |
Letter map: hear vs her
Shared letters muted; letters that set hear and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: hear vs her
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hear is averb and heranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hear is recorded at frequency rank #23,683, classified as averb, pronounced /hiːɹ/. her is at rank #9,857, tagged as anadj.
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 33540, this pair ranks #33,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hear vs her
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "hear": a. Private to "her": -.
"hear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hear ← ehar · haer · hearr · hhear
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hear" and "her" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hear" or "her"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hear" and "her".
- Full dictionary entry for "hear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "her" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hear" and "her" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hear vs Hebe". 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 #33,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.