# he's vs hey

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hey
*phrase · IPA [hɛɪ̯] · frequency rank #1,010*
als Grußwort

## 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-hey