# he's vs hey

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### he's
*contraction · IPA /hiːz/ · frequency rank #43,629*
Contracción de he y is: "él es" o "él está".

### hey
*intj · IPA /heɪ/ · frequency rank #5,007*
Eh, oye, se emplea parar llamar la atención, o para expresar placer, o sorpresa, etc.

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