he's vs heh, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“he's” is a contraction and “heh” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#227
“he's” frequency rank: #11,719
“heh” frequency rank: 11946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	he's	heh
Definition	Contraction of he + is.	Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.

Letter map: he's vs heh

Shared letters muted; letters that set he's and heh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

he's

3 ch

heh

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he's is acontraction and hehanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

he's is recorded at frequency rank #227, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈhiːz/. heh is at rank #11,719, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 11946, this pair ranks #484,268 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of he's vs heh

Shared letters: eh. Private to "he's": s. Private to "heh": -.

"he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "heh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "he's" and "heh" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "he's" is a contraction and "heh" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "he's" or "heh"?

"he's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #227 in our English list, against #11,719 for "heh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.