coheir
co·heir/koʊˈɛɚ/noun
coheir is spelled C-O-H-E-I-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (co·heir). It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coheir means “One of several who are heirs to an estate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coheir is coheirs.
How many letters and syllables are in coheir?
| Letters | 6: C-O-H-E-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·heir |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coheir?
Coheir appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce coheir?
- UK /kəʊˈɛː(ə)/
- US /koʊˈɛɚ/
Coheir has 2 syllables, split co·heir in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-coheir.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with coheir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coheir from its last stressed vowel (/ɛəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: heroic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coheir
- coheirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coheir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of several who are heirs to an estate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coheir in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one of several heirs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cohériter, cohéritière |
| Spanish | coheredero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does coheir come from?
From co- + heir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).