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

Which to use

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

#227
“he's” frequency rank: #42,702
“Hus” frequency rank: 42929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	he's	Hus
Definition	Contraction of he + is.	A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.

Letter map: he's vs Hus

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

4 ch

he's

3 ch

Hus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: he's is acontraction and Husaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42929, 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/. Hus is at rank #42,702, tagged as aname.

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 42929, this pair ranks #244,825 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of he's vs Hus

Shared letters: hs. Private to "he's": e. Private to "Hus": u.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"he's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #227 in our English list, against #42,702 for "Hus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.