# Häme vs He

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Häme
*noun · IPA [ˈhɛːmə] · frequency rank #30,120*
Spott mit starkem Anteil an Schadenfreude; zynische Polemik

### He
*abbrev · frequency rank #3,534*
Helium

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hame-vs-he