# hears vs hers

> 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

### hers
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhɜːz/ · frequency rank #7,460*
That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hears-vs-hers