hello there

/həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/

//həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)// intj

"hello-there" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hello there” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of hello (“a greeting”).

Corpus desk

Index EN-hello-there · hello there · English

hello there · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for hello there
PropertyValue
Headwordhello there
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hello there” in English

hello therefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hello there is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of hello (“a greeting”).".

hello there doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is hello there, spelled H-E-L-L-O- -T-H-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of hello (“a greeting”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hello there appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Hello there. General Grievous: General Kenobi! You are a bold one.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hello there"?
"hello there" is spelled H-E-L-L-O- -T-H-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/.
What does "hello there" mean?
As an interjection, "hello there" means: Synonym of hello (“a greeting”).
How do you pronounce "hello there"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hello there" is /həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hello there" come from?
"hello there" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list