# hed vs Hu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Hu
*name · IPA /hu/ · frequency rank #13,362*
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.

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