# hears vs henry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hears
*verb · IPA /hɪə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #9,903*
third-person singular simple present indicative of hear

### henry
*noun · frequency rank #1,864*
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

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