# he'd vs held

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### held
*verb · IPA /ˈhɛld/ · frequency rank #572*
simple past and past participle of hold

## 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-held