him vs hino, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“him” is a pronoun and “hino” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,748
“him” frequency rank: #4,238
“hino” frequency rank: 23986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	him	hino
Definition	caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe	canto de louvor, adoração ou invocação (à divindade)

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set him and hino apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

him

4 ch

hino

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and hinoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

him is recorded at frequency rank #19,748, classified as apron. hino is at rank #4,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈi.nu/.

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 23986, this pair ranks #45,737 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of him vs hino

Shared letters: hi. Private to "him": m. Private to "hino": no.

"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

hino ← hhino · hinno · hion · hnio · ihno

Frequency comparison

him#19,748

hino#4,238

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "him" and "hino" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "him" is a pronoun and "hino" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "him" or "hino"?

"hino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,238 in our Portuguese list, against #19,748 for "him". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering him vs hino

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “him”; for a noun, it's “hino”.
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