# heiress vs here's

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heiress
*noun · IPA /ɛəˈɹɛs/ · frequency rank #26,456*
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.

### here's
*contraction · IPA /hɪɹz/ · frequency rank #1,307*
Contraction of here + is.

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