# hands vs heads

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hands
*noun · IPA /hæn(d)z/ · frequency rank #710*
plural of hand

### heads
*intj · IPA /hɛdz/ · frequency rank #2,159*
A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.

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