# here

> English word · Adverb · IPA /hɪə̯/ · frequency rank #111

## Definitions
1. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
2. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
3. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
4. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
5. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
6. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
7. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
8. To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

## Etymology
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.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).

## Easily confused with
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hr)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hey)
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hes)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hue)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hoe)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hye)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-het)
- **HRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hrc)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hur)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hse)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hrt)
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hrm)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hor)
- **hew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hew)
- **HRW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hrw)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hope)
- **huge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-huge)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hurt)
- **hero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hero)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ehre`, `heer`, `herre`, `hhere`, `hree`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/here