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header

/ˈhɛdɚ/noun, verb

header is spelled H-E-A-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, header means “The upper portion of a page (or other) layout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of header is headers.

How many letters and syllables are in header?

Letters6: H-E-A-D-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is header?

Header appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 header?

  • US /ˈhɛdɚ/
  • UK /ˈhɛdə/

Header has 2 syllables (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-header.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with header?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as header from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: adhere, hedera.

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 header

  • headers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • hdr
  • headering participle, present
  • headered participle, past

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

What does header mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

    If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.

  2. 2

    Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

    Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.

  3. 3

    Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

    That column should have the header "payment status".

  4. 4

    informalA font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

    Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.

  5. 5

    The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

    The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.

  6. 6

    Clipping of header file.

  7. 7

    the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.

    The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

  8. 8

    A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).

    This wall has four header courses.

verb

  1. 1

    To strike (a ball) with one's head.

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

How do you abbreviate header?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of header: hdr.

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

Header in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchen-tête (upper portion of a page layout), chapeau (text used to mark off a quantity of text), header (computing: the first part of a file or record…), boutisse (brick that is laid sideways), linteau (horizontal structural or finish piece over an…)
GermanKopfzeile (upper portion of a page layout), Header (computing: the first part of a file or record…), Kopfball (soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head)
Portuguesecabeçalho (upper portion of a page layout), cabeçada (soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head)
Spanishencabezado, encabezamiento, cabecera (upper portion of a page layout), cabezazo, testarazo (soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head)

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 header come from?

From head + -er.

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

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