hemvsHTMLWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hem is a intj, HTML is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hem” is an intj and “HTML” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,124
“hem” frequency rank
#12,259
“HTML” frequency rank
39383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hem HTML
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 que é construído no formato de Linguagem de Marcação de Hipertexto (HyperText Markup Language)

Letter map: hem vs HTML

Shared letters muted; letters that set hem and HTML apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hem
4 ch
HTML

Role in the sentence - hem and HTML

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hem is anintj and HTMLanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39383, 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/. HTML is at rank #12,259, 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 39383, this pair ranks #26,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hem vs HTML

Shared letters: hm. Private to "hem": e. Private to "HTML": lt.

"hem" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "HTML" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • HTMLhhtml · hmtl · htlm · htmll · htmml · httml · thml

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hem" for "HTML" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hem" is an intj and "HTML" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hem" or "HTML" show up more?
"HTML" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,259 in our Portuguese list, against #27,124 for "hem". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hem" and "HTML".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "HTML" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hem" and "HTML" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hem 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 #26,891 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