# here's vs Hermes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Hermes
*name · IPA /ˈhɝmiːz/ · frequency rank #19,857*
The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

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