Which to use
“hea” and “heart” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,248
- “hea” frequency rank
- #491
- “heart” frequency rank
- 44739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hea | heart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of hea'. | A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. |
Letter map: hea vs heart
Shared letters muted; letters that set hea and heart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
hea and heart are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hea” sits inside “heart”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hea is recorded at frequency rank #44,248, classified as anoun. heart is at rank #491, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɑːt/.
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 44739, this pair ranks #227,810 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hea vs heart
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hea": -. Private to "heart": rt.
"hea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heart ← ehart · haert · hearrt · heartt · heatr · hheart