# how'd vs howdy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### how'd
*contraction · IPA /haʊd/ · frequency rank #16,935*
how did

### howdy
*intj · IPA /ˈhaʊdi/ · frequency rank #26,116*
An informal greeting.

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