# heat vs hed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heat
*noun · IPA /hiːt/ · frequency rank #1,456*
Thermal energy.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heat-vs-hed