Which to use
“heim” is an intj and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,811
- “heim” frequency rank
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- 37559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heim | him |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressa incompreensão, não entendimento, simultaneamente comunicando àquele ao qual se dirige, que elucide o sentido, o nexo, que dê clarificação ou que melhor se fale ou expresse o que se acabou de comunicar | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe |
Letter map: heim vs him
Shared letters muted; letters that set heim and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - heim and him
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: heim is anintj and himapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heim is recorded at frequency rank #17,811, classified as anintj, pronounced /ẽɲ/. him is at rank #19,748, 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 37559, this pair ranks #29,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heim vs him
Shared letters: him. Private to "heim": e. Private to "him": -.
"heim" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heim ← ehim · heimm · hemi · hheim · hiem
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heim" and "him" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heim" or "him"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "heim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "him" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heim" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". 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 #29,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.