Which to use
“hea” is a noun and “heads” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,248
- “hea” frequency rank
- #2,159
- “heads” frequency rank
- 46407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hea | heads |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of hea'. | A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up. |
Letter map: hea vs heads
Shared letters muted; letters that set hea and heads apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hea is anoun and headsanintj. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hea” sits inside “heads”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hea is recorded at frequency rank #44,248, classified as anoun. heads is at rank #2,159, tagged as anintj, pronounced /hɛdz/.
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 46407, this pair ranks #212,032 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hea vs heads
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hea": -. Private to "heads": ds.
"hea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "heads" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heads ← ehads · haeds · headds · headss · heasd · hedas · hheads