hears, here's

The words hears, here's sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do hears, here's sound the same even though they are completely different words?

The answer is simple: hears, here's are homophones of the English language.

hears
  1. :: verb

    Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hear.

here's
  1. :: phrase

    contraction of here is

  2. :: phrase

    contraction of here are

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About Homophones

Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled.

If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing").