Which to use
“hill” is a noun and “him” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,434
- “hill” frequency rank
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- 25182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hill | him |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | colina; ladeira; morro; monte; barranco | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe |
Letter map: hill vs him
Shared letters muted; letters that set hill and him apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: hill vs him
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hill is anoun and himapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hill is recorded at frequency rank #5,434, classified as anoun, pronounced /hɪl/. 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 25182, this pair ranks #44,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hill vs him
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hill": l. Private to "him": m.
"hill" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "him" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hill ← hhill · hil · hlil · ihll
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hill" and "him" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hill" or "him"?
After this comparison
You've compared "hill" and "him". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hill" 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 #44,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hill" and "him" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". 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 #44,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.