Which to use
“he's” is an abbrev and “Helms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,620
- “he's” frequency rank
- #41,236
- “Helms” frequency rank
- 70856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | he's | Helms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | he is: er ist | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Helm |
Letter map: he's vs Helms
Shared letters muted; letters that set he's and Helms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. he's runs 3 letters (CVC) against Helms's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for he's / Helms
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he's is anabbrev and Helmsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70856, 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 […]. Helms is at rank #41,236, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɛlms].
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 70856, this pair ranks #433,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of he's vs Helms
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "he's": -. Private to "Helms": lm.
"he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Helms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Helms ← ehlms · hellms · helmms · helmss · helsm · hemls · hhelms · hlems
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "he's" for "Helms" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "he's" or "Helms" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "he's" vs "Helms" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "he's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Helms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "he's" and "Helms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Helms vs Homs". 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 #433,851 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.