hervsHutWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#9,857
“her” frequency rank
#37,363
“Hut” frequency rank
47220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her Hut
Definition adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela chapéu

Letter map: her vs Hut

Shared letters muted; letters that set her and Hut apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. her and Hut follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
her
3 ch
Hut

Part-of-speech tell for her / Hut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is anadjective and Hutanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #9,857, classified as anadj. Hut is at rank #37,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced /huːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 47220, this pair ranks #18,052 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of her vs Hut

Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "Hut": tu.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Hut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "her" for "Hut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adjective and "Hut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "her" vs "Hut" - which ranks higher?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,857 in our Portuguese list, against #37,363 for "Hut". 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 "her" and "Hut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,052 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "Hut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs Hut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #18,052 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