# HHS vs how

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### HHS
*name · IPA /eɪt͡ʃ eɪt͡ʃ ˈɛs/ · frequency rank #26,459*
Initialism of (US Department of) Health and Human Services.

### how
*adverb · IPA /haʊ/ · frequency rank #67*
To what degree or extent.

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