# hellish vs hells

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hellish
*adjective · IPA /ˈhɛlɪʃ/ · frequency rank #32,026*
infernal, related or similar to hell.

### hells
*noun · IPA /hɛlz/ · frequency rank #26,457*
plural of hell

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