hers
/ˈhɜːz/pronoun, noun
hers is spelled H-E-R-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, hers means “That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hers?
| Letters | 4: H-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 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 hers?
Hers appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 hers?
- UK /ˈhɜːz/
- UK /əz/
- /ˈhɔːz/
Hers 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-us-hers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hers?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hers (/ɜz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resh.
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 hers
- her's
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
- 2
informalHer house or home.
Let's go over to hers.
noun
- 1
plural of her
pronoun
- 1
Honorific alternative letter-case form of hers, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hers in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that which belongs to her:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes |
| German | ihrer, ihre, ihres, ihrs, ihr m or f or, der Ihre |
| Portuguese | o seu, a sua, o dela, a dela |
| Spanish | el suyo, los suyos, la suya, las suyas |
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 hers come from?
From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).