here
/ˈhɪə̯/adverb, adjective, noun, interjection
here is spelled H-E-R-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 933 times per million words in written English, the 114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hear vs here” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As an adverb, here means “In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in here?
| Letters | 4: H-E-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 933 times per million words; the 114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is here?
Here appears 933 times per million words in written English, the 114th 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 here?
- UK /ˈhɪə̯/
- British /ˈhɪː/
- British /ˈhɪjə/
Here 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). Recordings: En-uk-here.ogg, En-uk-hear.ogg, En-here.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with here
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: here, there, and everywhere.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with here?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as here from its last stressed vowel (/ɪə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: heer.
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 here
- heres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does here mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
You wait here while I fetch my coat.
- 2
At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
- 3
In this matter.
You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
- 4
Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
Flu season is here.
- 5
In this context.
Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
- 6
informalAfter the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
- 7
informalAfter certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
This here orange is too sour.
- 8
To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
Please come here.
adjective
- 1
Alive
I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!
noun
- 1
This place; this location.
Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
- 2
This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
- 3
This time, the present situation.
interjection
- 1
slangUsed semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
Here, now I'm giving it to you.
- 2
IrelandUKslangUsed for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
- 3
informalUsed to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
Here! You! Stop doing that!
- 4
Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
- 5
Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
"Fido! Here!" – "Woof! Woof!"
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Here in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ici , par ici |
| German | hier , hierher, hierhin, her , Hier |
| Portuguese | aqui, cá , (para) aqui, (para) cá , aqui e agora |
| Spanish | aquí, acá, aquende |
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 here come from?
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).