# Heine

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,255

## Definitions
1. A surname from German, notably of Heinrich Heine, a German poet.

## Etymology
From German Heine.

## Easily confused with
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hen)
- **hin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hin)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-here)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hide)
- **hire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hire)
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hint)
- **hike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hike)
- **heir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-heir)
- **hind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hind)
- **hive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hive)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hone)
- **hewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hewn)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hing)
- **hence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hence)
- **heist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-heist)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hinge)
- **Heinz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-heinz)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hines)
- **Hesse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-hesse)
- **henna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heine-vs-henna)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehine`, `heien`, `heinne`, `henie`, `hheine`, `hiene`

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