# he's vs hebt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### he's
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #29,620*
he is: er ist

### hebt
*verb · IPA [heːpt] · frequency rank #5,377*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heben

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