Which to use
“head” and “hep” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #288
- “head” frequency rank
- #34,523
- “hep” frequency rank
- 34811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | head | hep |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. | hepatitis. |
Where the eye mixes head and hep
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. head (/ˈhɛd/) and hep (/hɛp/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
head is recorded at frequency rank #288, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɛd/. hep is at rank #34,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɛp/.
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 34811, this pair ranks #317,477 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of head vs hep
Shared letters: eh. Private to "head": ad. Private to "hep": p.
"head" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hep" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- head ← ehad · haed · headd · heda · hhead