# he's vs heap

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### he's
*contraction · IPA /ˈhiːz/ · frequency rank #227*
Contraction of he + is.

### heap
*noun · IPA /hiːp/ · frequency rank #13,170*
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

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