# heady vs hed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heady
*adjective · IPA /ˈhɛdi/ · frequency rank #31,593*
Intoxicating or stupefying.

### hed
*noun · frequency rank #44,253*
The headline of a news story.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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