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h

/eɪt͡ʃ/letter, number, noun, adjective

h is spelled H: one letter and one syllable. It appears 115 times per million words in written English, the 932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a letter, h means “The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in h?

Letters1: H
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing115 times per million words; the 932nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is h?

H appears 115 times per million words in written English, the 932nd 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 h?

  • /eɪt͡ʃ/
  • Australia [æɪt͡ʃ]
  • /heɪt͡ʃ/

H has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-h.ogg, En-uk-h.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of h

  • hs plural
  • h's plural
  • more h comparative
  • most h superlative
  • h@s plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does h mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

letter

  1. 1

    The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

number

  1. 1

    The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

letter

as H
  1. 1

    The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

noun

as H
  1. 1

    Abbreviation of hits.

  2. 2

    slangAbbreviation of heroin.

  3. 3

    Abbreviation of half-year.

    We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.

  4. 4

    UKA grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.

  5. 5

    UKA pencil of grade H.

  6. 6

    Abbreviation of handicap.

    EOE M/F/V/H

  7. 7

    IndiaAbbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.

adjective

as H
  1. 1

    UKAbbreviation of hard, in reference to a grade of pencil lead.

  2. 2

    Abbreviation of high, in reference to a dialect's social status.

    An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.

  3. 3

    Abbreviation of hinged.

  4. 4

    UKAbbreviation of horrific, a former film classification.

  5. 5

    Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.

    H scene

number

as H
  1. 1

    The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

adverb

as H
  1. 1

    Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units.

  2. 2

    Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.

  3. 3

    slangAbbreviation of heroin.

  4. 4

    Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number).

  5. 5

    Abbreviation of home phone.

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative form of H.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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