Which to use
“he's” is a contraction and “hemos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,629
- “he's” frequency rank
- #339
- “hemos” frequency rank
- 43968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | he's | hemos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contracción de he y is: "él es" o "él está". | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de haber. |
Where the eye mixes he's and hemos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. he's runs 3 letters (CVC) against hemos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses he's with hemos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: he's is /hiːz/ while hemos is [ˈemos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
he's is recorded at frequency rank #43,629, classified as acontraction, pronounced /hiːz/. hemos is at rank #339, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈemos].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43968, this pair ranks #139,654 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of he's vs hemos
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "he's": -. Private to "hemos": mo.
"he's" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hemos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hemos ← ehmos · hemmos · hemoss · hemso · heoms · hhemos · hmeos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "he's" for "hemos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "he's" vs "hemos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "he's" and "hemos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "he's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,654 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "he's" and "hemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "he's vs herr". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #139,654 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.