# hen vs heron

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hen
*noun · IPA /hɛn/ · frequency rank #13,733*
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

### heron
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛɹən/ · frequency rank #25,783*
Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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