Which to use
“hide” is a noun and “his” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,940
- “hide” frequency rank
- #8,209
- “his” frequency rank
- 45149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hide | his |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | esconderijo | pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele. |
Letter map: hide vs his
Shared letters muted; letters that set hide and his apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hide / his
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hide is anoun and hisapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hide is recorded at frequency rank #36,940, classified as anoun, pronounced /haɪd/. his is at rank #8,209, 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 45149, this pair ranks #20,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hide vs his
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hide": de. Private to "his": s.
"hide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hide ← hdie · hhide · hidde · hied · ihde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hide" for "his" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hide" vs "his" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "hide" vs "his" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "his" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hide" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hebe vs hide". 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 #20,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.