He's or hes?
he's is a contraction meaning “Contraction of he + is”; hes is a pronoun meaning “The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) he's is about 44 times as common as hes.
What is the difference between he's and hes?
| he's | hes | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | contraction | pronoun, noun |
| Meaning | Contraction of he + is Contraction of he + has | The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | he’s | he's, his hirm, hirmself, hiers |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhiːz/ /iːz/ /ˈhiz/ | /hɛs/ |
| In writing | 398 times per million words | 9.1 times per million words |
Sources: he's and hes in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of he's and hes
he's
- 1
Contraction of he + is
- 2
Contraction of he + has
hes
- 1
The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied
- 2
Initialism of house exchange system
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, he's or hes?
he's appears 398 times per million words; hes 9.1 times per million words.
he's 398 times per million wordshes 9.1 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search he's vs hes?
“he's vs hes” is searched about 50 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“hes vs he's”, “he's or hes”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.