# hed vs hedge

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hedge
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #10,554*
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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