# he'd vs head

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### head
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛd/ · frequency rank #288*
The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

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