# he's vs His

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### His
*noun · IPA [hɪs] · frequency rank #8,079*
Ton mit 264 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton erhöhtes H

## 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-his