he's
/ˈhiːz/
"he-s" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“he's” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #227
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contraction of he + is.
Corpus desk
Index EN-he-s · he's · English
he's · rank #227 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #227
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH few
Nearest frequency peer: few (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “he's”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- company
company
99,777 corpus weight
- doing
doing
99,776 corpus weight
- few
few
99,775 corpus weight
- he's
he's
99,774 corpus weight
- let
let
99,773 corpus weight
- real
real
99,772 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “he's” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | he's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /ˈhiːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “he's” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around he's (IPA /ˈhiːz/), acontraction. Corpus frequency is #227 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for he's, with forms such as "eh's", "h'es", and "he'ss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "his", "her", "hey", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is he's, spelled H-E-'-S.
Definition
- 1Contraction of he + is.
- 2Contraction of he + has.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eh's
- h'es
- he'ss
- hes'
- hhe's
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of he's - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "he's", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.