Which to use
“he's” is an abbrev and “hebt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,620
- “he's” frequency rank
- #5,377
- “hebt” frequency rank
- 34997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | he's | hebt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | he is: er ist | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heben |
Letter map: he's vs hebt
Shared letters muted; letters that set he's and hebt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. he's runs 3 letters (CVC) against hebt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: he's vs hebt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he's is anabbrev and hebtaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
he's is recorded at frequency rank #29,620, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. hebt is at rank #5,377, tagged as averb, pronounced [heːpt].
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 34997, this pair ranks #1,650,453 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of he's vs hebt
Shared letters: eh. Private to "he's": s. Private to "hebt": bt.
"he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hebt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hebt ← ehbt · hbet · hebbt · hebtt · hetb · hhebt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "he's" and "hebt" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "he's" or "hebt" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "he's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hebt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,650,453 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "he's" and "hebt" 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 #1,650,453 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.