# how'd vs Howe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Howe
*name · IPA /haʊ/ · frequency rank #14,563*
An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.

## 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-howe