# hard vs he'd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hard
*adjective · IPA /hɑːd/ · frequency rank #273*
Solid and firm.

### he'd
*contraction · IPA /hiːd/ · frequency rank #2,627*
Contraction of he + had.

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