# Heine vs Heiss

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Heine
*name · IPA [ˈhaɪ̯nə] · frequency rank #10,869*
deutscher Nachname

### Heiss
*name · IPA [haɪ̯s] · frequency rank #2,068*
Familienname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heine-vs-heiss