# hare vs her

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hare
*noun · IPA /hɛə/ · frequency rank #11,895*
Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

### her
*determiner · IPA /ˈhɜː/ · frequency rank #58*
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

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