him vs his, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“him” and “his” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,748
“him” frequency rank: #8,209
“his” frequency rank: 27957
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	him	his
Definition	caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe	pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele.

Letter map: him vs his

Shared letters muted; letters that set him and his apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

him

3 ch

his

Spelling & dictionary notes on him vs his

him and his are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - m in “him” becomes s in “his”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

him is recorded at frequency rank #19,748, classified as apron. 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 27957, this pair ranks #40,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of him vs his

Shared letters: hi. Private to "him": m. Private to "his": s.

"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by a single letter - m in “him” becomes s in “his”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

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

"his" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,209 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "him" and "his".

Full dictionary entry for "him" 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 #40,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"him" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #40,952 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.