him vs hit, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,748
“him” frequency rank: #5,308
“hit” frequency rank: 25056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	him	hit
Definition	caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe	atingir

Letter map: him vs hit

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

3 ch

him

3 ch

hit

Grammar separator: him vs hit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and hitaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “him” becomes t in “hit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

him is recorded at frequency rank #19,748, classified as apron. hit is at rank #5,308, tagged as averb.

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 25056, this pair ranks #44,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of him vs hit

Shared letters: hi. Private to "him": m. Private to "hit": t.

"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hit" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "him" for "hit" ever safe?

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

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

"hit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,308 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

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Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #44,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"him" and "hit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #44,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.