havsHeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ha is a noun, He is a symbol, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ha” is a noun and “He” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,480
“ha” frequency rank
#6,510
“He” frequency rank
8990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ha He
Definition Vingt-sixième lettre de l’alphabet arabe. Symbole de l’entreprise de fabrication d’avions allemande Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, fondée par Ernst Heinkel en 1922 et absorbée par Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) en 1965.

Letter map: ha vs He

Shared letters muted; letters that set ha and He apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
ha
2 ch
He

Part-of-speech tell for ha / He

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ha is anoun and Heasymbol. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “ha” becomes e in “He”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ha is recorded at frequency rank #2,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \ha\. He is at rank #6,510, tagged as asymbol.

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 8990, this pair ranks #418,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ha vs He

Shared letters: h. Private to "ha": a. Private to "He": e.

"ha" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "He" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ha" for "He" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ha" is a noun and "He" a symbol, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ha" or "He"?
"ha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,480 in our French list, against #6,510 for "He". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "ha" vs "He" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "He" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #418,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ha" and "He" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs He". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #418,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list