# Hess vs hist

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hess
*name · IPA /hɛs/ · frequency rank #23,298*
A habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.

### hist
*intj · IPA /hɪst/ · frequency rank #34,524*
An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

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