here's vs heresy, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“here's” is a contraction and “heresy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,307
“here's” frequency rank: #18,334
“heresy” frequency rank: 19641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	here's	heresy
Definition	Contraction of here + is.	A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set here's and heresy apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

here's

6 ch

heresy

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: here's is /hɪɹz/ while heresy is /ˈhɛɹəsi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

here's is recorded at frequency rank #1,307, classified as acontraction, pronounced /hɪɹz/. heresy is at rank #18,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɛɹəsi/.

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 19641, this pair ranks #436,748 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of here's vs heresy

Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "here's": -. Private to "heresy": y.

"here's" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "heresy" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

heresy ← ehresy · heersy · heressy · heresyy · hereys · herresy · hersey · hheresy

Frequency comparison

here's#1,307

heresy#18,334

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "here's" and "heresy" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "here's" is a contraction and "heresy" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "here's" or "heresy"?

"here's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,307 in our English list, against #18,334 for "heresy". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering here's vs heresy

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a contraction, it's “here's”; for a noun, it's “heresy”.
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