hervshuiTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#9,857
“her” frequency rank
#41,055
“hui” frequency rank
50912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her hui
Definition adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela hoje

Letter map: her vs hui

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

3 ch
her
3 ch
hui

Grammar separator: her vs hui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is anadjective and huianadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #9,857, classified as anadj. hui is at rank #41,055, tagged as anadv.

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 50912, this pair ranks #14,048 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of her vs hui

Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "hui": iu.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "her" and "hui" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adjective and "hui" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "her" or "hui"?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,857 in our Portuguese list, against #41,055 for "hui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "her" vs "hui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,048 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "hui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs Hut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #14,048 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