HenryvsherWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Henry is a noun, her is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Henry” is a noun and “her” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,682
“Henry” frequency rank
#9,857
“her” frequency rank
12539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Henry her
Definition Henrique, Henrico adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela

Letter map: Henry vs her

Shared letters muted; letters that set Henry and her apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Henry
3 ch
her

Role in the sentence - Henry and her

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Henry is anoun and heranadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Henry is recorded at frequency rank #2,682, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɛn.ri/.. 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 12539, this pair ranks #60,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Henry vs her

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Henry": ny. Private to "her": -.

"Henry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "her" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Henryehnry · hennry · henrry · henryy · henyr · herny · hhenry · hnery

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Henry" for "her" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Henry" is a noun and "her" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Henry" vs "her" - which ranks higher?
"Henry" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,682 in our Portuguese list, against #9,857 for "her". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Henry" and "her". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Henry" 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 #60,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Henry" 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 #60,003 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