hereby
/hɪɹˈbaɪ/adverb
hereby is spelled H-E-R-E-B-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, hereby means “By this means, action or process” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hereby?
| Letters | 6: H-E-R-E-B-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 hereby?
Hereby appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 hereby?
- UK /hɪəˈbʌɪ/
- US /hɪɹˈbaɪ/
Hereby has 2 syllables (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-us-hereby.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hereby?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hereby from its last stressed vowel (/aɪ/):
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 hereby
- heereby
- heere
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hereby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
obsoleteNear this place; nearby.
- 2
By this means, action or process.
I hereby declare you husband and wife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hereby in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense formal phrase:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | par la présente |
| German | hiermit, hierdurch, hierbei |
| Portuguese | com isso, assim, por este meio |
| Spanish | por este, por este medio, por la presente |
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 hereby come from?
From here + by.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).