Which to use
“hears” is a verb and “Herr” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,903
- “hears” frequency rank
- #21,537
- “Herr” frequency rank
- 31440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hears | Herr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of hear | A surname. |
Letter map: hears vs Herr
Shared letters muted; letters that set hears and Herr apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for hears / Herr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hears is averb and Herraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hears is recorded at frequency rank #9,903, classified as averb, pronounced /hɪə(ɹ)z/. Herr is at rank #21,537, tagged as aname.
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 31440, this pair ranks #346,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hears vs Herr
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "hears": as. Private to "Herr": -.
"hears" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Herr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hears" for "Herr" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hears" vs "Herr" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "hears" vs "Herr" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hears" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Herr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hears" and "Herr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Herat vs Herr". 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 #346,125 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.