Which to use
“hino” is a noun and “ho” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,238
- “hino” frequency rank
- #8,490
- “ho” frequency rank
- 12728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hino | ho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canto de louvor, adoração ou invocação (à divindade) | o |
Letter map: hino vs ho
Shared letters muted; letters that set hino and ho apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hino runs 4 letters (CVCV) against ho's 2 (CV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: hino vs ho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hino is anoun and hoapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12728, 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/. ho is at rank #8,490, 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 12728, this pair ranks #59,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hino vs ho
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hino": in. Private to "ho": -.
"hino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "ho" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hino ← hhino · hinno · hion · hnio · ihno
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hino" for "ho" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hino" vs "ho" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "hino" and "ho". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hino" and "ho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ho 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 #59,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.