Which to use
“hino” is a noun and “his” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,238
- “hino” frequency rank
- #8,209
- “his” frequency rank
- 12447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hino | his |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canto de louvor, adoração ou invocação (à divindade) | pronome do caso possessivo da terceira pessoa masculina do singular, dele. |
Letter map: hino vs his
Shared letters muted; letters that set hino and his apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hino runs 4 letters (CVCV) against his's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hino / his
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hino is anoun and hisapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hino is recorded at frequency rank #4,238, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈi.nu/. 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 12447, this pair ranks #60,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hino vs his
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hino": no. Private to "his": s.
"hino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "his" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hino ← hhino · hinno · hion · hnio · ihno
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hino" and "his" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hino" or "his" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "hino" vs "his" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hino" 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 #60,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hino" and "his" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "his 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 #60,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.