Which to use
“hea” is a noun and “heavy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,248
- “hea” frequency rank
- #1,170
- “heavy” frequency rank
- 45418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hea | heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of hea'. | Having great weight. |
Letter map: hea vs heavy
Shared letters muted; letters that set hea and heavy 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 heavyanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hea” sits inside “heavy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hea is recorded at frequency rank #44,248, classified as anoun. heavy is at rank #1,170, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈhɛv.i/.
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 45418, this pair ranks #221,443 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hea vs heavy
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hea": -. Private to "heavy": vy.
"hea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "heavy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- heavy ← ehavy · haevy · heavvy · heavyy · heayv · hevay · hheavy