Which to use
“he's” is an abbrev and “heist” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,620
- “he's” frequency rank
- #27,343
- “heist” frequency rank
- 56963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | he's | heist |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | he is: er ist | gewaltsame Wegnahme fremden Eigentums, meist als bewaffneter Überfall auf eine Bank oder einen Laden: Raub, Diebstahl |
Letter map: he's vs heist
Shared letters muted; letters that set he's and heist apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. he's runs 3 letters (CVC) against heist's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: he's vs heist
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he's is anabbrev and heistanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56963, 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 […]. heist is at rank #27,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced [haɪst].
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 56963, this pair ranks #919,917 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of he's vs heist
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "he's": -. Private to "heist": it.
"he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "heist" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heist ← ehist · heisst · heistt · heits · hesit · hheist · hiest
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "he's" and "heist" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "he's" or "heist"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "he's" and "heist".
- Full dictionary entry for "he's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heist" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #919,917 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "he's" and "heist" 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 #919,917 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.