hearst
noun
hearst is spelled H-E-A-R-S-T: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hearst means “A hind in her second or third year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hearst is hearsts.
How many letters and syllables are in hearst?
| Letters | 6: H-E-A-R-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th 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 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 hearst?
Hearst appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 hearst?
Hearst 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).
Words people confuse with hearst
Also written: hearse.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hearst?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hearst.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hearts.
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 hearst
- hearsts plural
- hearse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hearst mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hind in her second or third year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hearst come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps related to Middle English hert (“male or female deer”), whence English hart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).