Español homophones
eh/he
"eh" is an intj; "he" is an adverb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "eh" arrives as an intj, while "he" is an adverb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "eh" is 2 letters, "he" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across eh, he: eh. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
eh
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC
Inventory eh · no private letters vs siblings
he
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory eh · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "eh" when you mean: Se usa para llamar sobre sí mismo la atención de otra persona.
- Write "he" when you mean: Unido a un pronombre personal clítico ("me, te, le, nos, os, les") o a un adverbio de lugar ("aquí, allí, ahí", etc.), señala la presenci…