hesher
noun
hesher is spelled H-E-S-H-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hesher means “A diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hesher is heshers.
How many letters and syllables are in hesher?
| Letters | 6: H-E-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hesher?
Hesher appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).
Forms of hesher
- heshers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hesher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.
That guy has long hair, rides a motorcycle, and wears t-shirts of his favorite heavy metal bands with a leather jacket to his college classes. He is a hesher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hesher come from?
Derived from Hessian: so called due to long hair and warlike personality akin to that of the Hessian mercenaries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).