he's

//hiːz// contraction

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,629

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

he's is aSpanishcontraction. It means: Contracción de he y is: "él es" o "él está". Pronounced /hiːz/. Often confused with hey and her.

Key facts for he's
PropertyValue
Headwordhe's
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechContraction
IPA/hiːz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#43,629
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of he's in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for he's is 4 letters long, classified as acontraction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /hiːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #43,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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 variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "his", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is he's, spelled H-E-'-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contracción de he y is: "él es" o "él está".
  2. 2
    Contracción de he y has: "él tiene" o "él ha" (en las formas compuestas).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eh's,h'es,he'ss,hes',hhe's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for he's

Misspelling Variants of "he's"

eh's4h'es4he'ss5hes'4hhe's5
Misspelling Variants of "he's"

Frequency rank: #43,629 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "he's"?
"he's" is spelled H-E-'-S. The IPA pronunciation is /hiːz/.
What does "he's" mean?
As a contraction, "he's" means: Contracción de he y is: "él es" o "él está".
What words are commonly confused with "he's"?
"he's" is commonly confused with "hey", "her", "his". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "he's"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "he's" is /hiːz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "he's" come from?
"he's" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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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.