he/she
"he-she" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“he/she” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
Corpus desk
Index EN-he-she · he/she · English
he/she · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | he/she |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “he/she” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
he/she is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.".
he/she has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is he/she, spelled H-E-/-S-H-E.
Definition
- 1He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how he/she appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ask a receptionist if he/she is not busy.
Only the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares, provided that he/she first expresses his/her intention (for example by saying “j’adoube” or “I adjust”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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