# heed vs hoe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heed
*noun · IPA /hiːd/ · frequency rank #16,041*
Careful attention.

### hoe
*noun · IPA /həʊ/ · frequency rank #20,954*
Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.

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