# he's vs hei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hei
*intj · IPA [haɪ̯] · frequency rank #15,652*
Ausruf der Freude, Begeisterung oder Verwunderung

## 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-hei