Which to use
“hats” is a noun and “he's” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,734
- “hats” frequency rank
- #29,620
- “he's” frequency rank
- 39354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hats | he's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs hat | he is: er ist |
Letter map: hats vs he's
Shared letters muted; letters that set hats and he's apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - hats and he's
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hats is anoun and he'sanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hats is recorded at frequency rank #9,734, classified as anoun, pronounced [hæts]. he's is at rank #29,620, 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 39354, this pair ranks #1,539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hats vs he's
Shared letters: hs. Private to "hats": at. Private to "he's": e.
"hats" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hats ← ahts · hatss · hatts · hhats · htas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hats" and "he's" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hats" or "he's" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hats" and "he's".
- Full dictionary entry for "hats" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "he's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hats" and "he's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "he's vs puzzles". 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 #1,539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.