# heel vs Hera

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heel
*noun · IPA /hiːl/ · frequency rank #9,052*
The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

### Hera
*name · IPA /ˈhɪəɹə/ · frequency rank #30,081*
The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

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