Which to use
“Henri” is a noun and “her” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,082
- “Henri” frequency rank
- #9,857
- “her” frequency rank
- 25939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Henri | her |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Henrique, Henrico | adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela |
Letter map: Henri vs her
Shared letters muted; letters that set Henri and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Henri runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against her's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Henri / her
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Henri is anoun and heranadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Henri is recorded at frequency rank #16,082, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɑ̃.ʁi/.. 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 25939, this pair ranks #43,277 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Henri vs her
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Henri": in. Private to "her": -.
"Henri" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Henri ← ehnri · henir · hennri · henrri · herni · hhenri · hneri
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Henri" and "her" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Henri" or "her" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Henri" and "her". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Henri" 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 #43,277 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Henri" and "her" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs her". 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 #43,277 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.