# Heini vs Heiss

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Heini
*name · IPA [ˈhaɪ̯ni] · frequency rank #34,726*
männlicher Vorname

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heini-vs-heiss