Which to use
“sees” is a verb and “she's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,558
- “sees” frequency rank
- #552
- “she's” frequency rank
- 3110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sees | she's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of see | Contraction of she + is. |
Where the eye mixes sees and she's
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sees is /siːz/ while she's is /ʃiːz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sees is recorded at frequency rank #2,558, classified as averb, pronounced /siːz/. she's is at rank #552, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ʃiːz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3110, this pair ranks #523,075 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sees vs she's
Shared letters: es. Private to "sees": -. Private to "she's": h.
"sees" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sees ← eses · seess · sese · ssees