# how's

> English word · Contraction · IPA /haʊz/ · frequency rank #7,699

## Definitions
1. Contraction of how + is.
2. Contraction of how + are.
3. Contraction of how + has.
4. Contraction of how + does.

## Easily confused with
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-howe)
- **howl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-howl)
- **hows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-hows)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-howie)
- **howdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-howdy)
- **howls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-s-vs-howls)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-vs-how-s)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hos-vs-how-s)
- **he's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/he-s-vs-how-s)
- **Homs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-how-s)
- **hots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hots-vs-how-s)
- **hoss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoss-vs-how-s)
- **hours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hours-vs-how-s)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homes-vs-how-s)
- **holds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holds-vs-how-s)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopes-vs-how-s)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holes-vs-how-s)
- **hosts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosts-vs-how-s)
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horns-vs-how-s)
- **hooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooks-vs-how-s)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhow's`, `ho'ws`, `how'ss`, `hows'`, `howw's`, `ohw's`

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