hei
noun
hei is spelled H-E-I: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hei means “Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hei is heis.
How many letters and syllables are in hei?
| Letters | 3: H-E-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 hei?
Hei appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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).
Words people confuse with hei
Also written: he.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hei?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hei.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hie.
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 hei
- heis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hei mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)
noun
- 1
Initialism of higher education institution.
- 2
Initialism of high-explosive incendiary.
- 3
Initialism of hot-carrier injection.
- 4
Initialism of human-environment interaction.
- 5
Initialism of high-efficiency incandescent (“a type of light bulb”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).