I’ve always considered that texting “hehe” is a light chuckle, a “heh heh” sound; “hehehe” is more of a giggle, whether coy or creepy; and any more “he”s than that delves into witchy cackling territory.
But “haha”, “hahaha”, and “hahahaha”, all “sound” the same to me and the meaning only varies in intensity but is more context dependent.
I think that typing “hehe” (or any of its variations) is like saying “gasp” or “shudder” out loud. Gonna take what you have to say a lot less seriously after that.
Hehe: innocent little chuckle
Hehehe: mischief
Hehehehe: devious plotting
Hehe in any form sounds like Michael Jackson in my head.
tee hee :3
heh - slight laugh
hehe - mischieveous
hehehe - genuine laugh
hehehehe - Lois, this is Family Guy“Hey Lois, I’m text based!”
Muahahaha!
By number of ‘hehs’:
1-2: situational ranging from genuine to sarcastic to ‘funny but not haha funny’
3-4: “got’Em”
Hehehehehe: devious
Anything past that is a chuckle on its way to laughing.





