himvshinoConfusable pair

Quick tell: him is a pronoun, hino is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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)

Letter map: him vs hino

Shared letters muted; letters that set him and hino apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. him runs 3 letters (CVC) against hino's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
him
4 ch
hino

Grammar separator: him vs hino

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "him" and "hino" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "him" vs "hino" - which ranks higher?
"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.

Useful next steps

Pair "him" vs "hino" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,737 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "him" and "hino" 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 #45,737 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