Which to use
“him” is a pronoun and “hum” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,748
- “him” frequency rank
- #7,922
- “hum” frequency rank
- 27670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | him | hum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso objetivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, ele, o, lhe | (com realização com alongamento da vogal nasal) expressa dúvida, receio, inquietação, reticência |
Letter map: him vs hum
Shared letters muted; letters that set him and hum apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - him and hum
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: him is apronoun and humanintj. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “him” becomes u in “hum”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
him is recorded at frequency rank #19,748, classified as apron. hum is at rank #7,922, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˈũ/.
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 27670, this pair ranks #41,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of him vs hum
Shared letters: hm. Private to "him": i. Private to "hum": u.
"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "him" for "hum" ever safe?
Which is more common, "him" or "hum"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "him" and "hum".
- Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "him" and "hum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "him vs hui". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #41,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.