Which to use
“here” is an adverb and “here's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #111
- “here” frequency rank
- #1,307
- “here's” frequency rank
- 1418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | here | here's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. | Contraction of here + is. |
Where the eye mixes here and here's
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: here is /hɪə̯/ while here's is /hɪɹz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “here” sits inside “here's”, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
here is recorded at frequency rank #111, classified as anadv, pronounced /hɪə̯/. here's is at rank #1,307, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /hɪɹz/.
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 1418, this pair ranks #527,469 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of here vs here's
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "here": -. Private to "here's": s.
"here" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "here's" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- here ← ehre · heer · herre · hhere · hree