hervshoConfusable pair

Quick tell: her is a adjective, ho is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#9,857
“her” frequency rank
#8,490
“ho” frequency rank
18347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her ho
Definition adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela o

Letter map: her vs ho

Shared letters muted; letters that set her and ho apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
her
2 ch
ho

Part-of-speech tell for her / ho

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is anadjective and hoapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #9,857, classified as anadj. ho is at rank #8,490, 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 18347, this pair ranks #52,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of her vs ho

Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "ho": o.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "ho" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "her" for "ho" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adjective and "ho" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "her" vs "ho" - which ranks higher?
"ho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,490 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "her" and "ho".

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "ho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs her". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #52,657 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