Which to use
“hey” is an intj and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,190
- “hey” frequency rank
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- 25938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hey | him |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | oi; olá (usada como saudação) | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe |
Letter map: hey vs him
Shared letters muted; letters that set hey and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for hey / him
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hey is anintj and himapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hey is recorded at frequency rank #6,190, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈhɛi/. him is at rank #19,748, 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 25938, this pair ranks #43,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hey vs him
Shared letters: h. Private to "hey": ey. Private to "him": im.
"hey" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hey" and "him" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hey" vs "him" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hey" and "him". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "him" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hey" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.