Which to use
“hem” is an intj and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,124
- “hem” frequency rank
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- 46872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hem | him |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe |
Letter map: hem vs him
Shared letters muted; letters that set hem and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - hem and him
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hem is anintj and himapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “hem” becomes i in “him”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hem is recorded at frequency rank #27,124, 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 46872, this pair ranks #18,428 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hem vs him
Shared letters: hm. Private to "hem": e. Private to "him": i.
"hem" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hem" 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 #18,428 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hem" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hem vs hui". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #18,428 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.