Which to use
“family” is a noun and “she's” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #48,483
- “she's” frequency rank
- 56242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | she's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | she is: sie ist |
Letter map: family vs she's
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and she's apart highlighted. No shared letter run. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against she's's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for family / she's
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: family is anoun and she'sanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. she's is at rank #48,483, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].
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 56242, this pair ranks #947,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of family vs she's
Shared letters: none. Private to "family": afilmy. Private to "she's": ehs.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- family ← afmily · faimly · familly · familyy · famiyl · famliy · fammily · ffamily
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "she's" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "family" vs "she's" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "family" and "she's". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "she's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #947,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "she's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs she's". 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 #947,824 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.