health
/ˈhɛlθ/noun
health is spelled H-E-A-L-T-H: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 275 times per million words in written English, the 347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, health means “The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of health is healths.
How many letters and syllables are in health?
| Letters | 6: H-E-A-L-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 275 times per million words; the 347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is health?
Health appears 275 times per million words in written English, the 347th 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 health?
- US /ˈhɛlθ/
- Australia /ˈhelθ/
Health has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-health.ogg, En-us-health.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of health
- healths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does health mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.
- 2
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.
- 3
Physical condition.
- 4
obsoleteCure, remedy.
- 5
A toast to prosperity.
- 6
The amount of damage an in-game entity can withstand before it is killed, destroyed or defeated.
The enemies on this level have a lot of health.
- 7
obsoleteA warrior; hero; man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate health?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of health: EHC, EHS, HSE, SHE.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Health in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | santé, forme , point de vie, PV |
| German | Gesundheit |
| Portuguese | saúde , vida |
| Spanish | salud, sanidad |
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 health come from?
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).