# hear vs herir

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### hear
*verb · IPA /hɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #41,395*
Oír.

### herir
*verb · IPA [eˈɾiɾ] · frequency rank #12,394*
Abrir, romper, destrozar las carnes de un animal.

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