# had vs he

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### had
*verb · IPA /hæd/ · frequency rank #54*
simple past and past participle of have

### he
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhiː/ · frequency rank #22*
A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.

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