# how's vs howls

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### how's
*contraction · IPA /haʊz/ · frequency rank #7,699*
Contraction of how + is.

### howls
*noun · IPA /haʊlz/ · frequency rank #37,974*
plural of howl

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