hbu
phrase
hbu is spelled H-B-U: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a phrase, hbu means “Initialism of how 'bout you?” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hbu?
| Letters | 3: H-B-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 hbu?
Hbu appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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).
What rhymes with hbu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hbu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hub.
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).
What does hbu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
phrase
- 1
Initialism of how 'bout you?.
what's up? – i'm about to go to bed, hbu?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).