Which to use
“hea” is a noun and “heats” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,248
- “hea” frequency rank
- #16,931
- “heats” frequency rank
- 61179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hea | heats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of hea'. | third-person singular simple present indicative of heat |
Letter map: hea vs heats
Shared letters muted; letters that set hea and heats apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hea runs 3 letters (CVV) against heats's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: hea vs heats
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hea is anoun and heatsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hea” sits inside “heats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hea is recorded at frequency rank #44,248, classified as anoun. heats is at rank #16,931, tagged as averb, pronounced /hiːts/.
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 61179, this pair ranks #95,713 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hea vs heats
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hea": -. Private to "heats": st.
"hea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "heats" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heats ← ehats · heast · heatss · heatts · hetas · hheats
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hea" and "heats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hea" or "heats"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "hea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,713 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hea" and "heats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hea vs Herat". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #95,713 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.