# hej vs het

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hej
*intj · IPA [haɪ] · frequency rank #48,213*
informelle Grußformel

### het
*determiner · IPA [(h)ət] · frequency rank #16,178*
definiter (bestimmter) Artikel neutrum; das

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