Which to use
“heiress” is a noun and “here's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,456
- “heiress” frequency rank
- #1,307
- “here's” frequency rank
- 27763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heiress | here's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit. | Contraction of here + is. |
Where the eye mixes heiress and here's
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. heiress runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against here's's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses heiress with here's
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: heiress is /ɛəˈɹɛs/ while here's is /hɪɹz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heiress is recorded at frequency rank #26,456, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɛəˈɹɛs/. here's is at rank #1,307, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /hɪɹz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27763, this pair ranks #376,302 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heiress vs here's
Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "heiress": i. Private to "here's": -.
"heiress" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "here's" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heiress ← ehiress · heierss · heires · heirress · heirses · heriess · hheiress · hieress
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heiress" for "here's" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "heiress" or "here's" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "heiress" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "here's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,302 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heiress" and "here's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hairless vs heiress". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #376,302 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.