Which to use
“him” is a pronoun and “homo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- #16,307
- “homo” frequency rank
- 36055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | him | homo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe | homem, indivíduo da espécie humana |
Letter map: him vs homo
Shared letters muted; letters that set him and homo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for him / homo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and homoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
him is recorded at frequency rank #19,748, classified as apron. homo is at rank #16,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɔ.mo/.
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 36055, this pair ranks #30,843 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of him vs homo
Shared letters: hm. Private to "him": i. Private to "homo": o.
"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "homo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- homo ← hhomo · hmoo · hommo · hoom · ohmo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "him" for "homo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "him" vs "homo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "him" vs "homo" 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 "homo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,843 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "him" and "homo" 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 #30,843 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.