hey ho
/ˈheɪhəʊ/
"hey-ho" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hey ho” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oh well; a usually light-hearted dismissal or acceptance of a troublesome situation
Corpus desk
Index EN-hey-ho · hey ho · English
hey ho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hey ho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈheɪhəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hey ho” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hey ho is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈheɪhəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oh well; a usually light-hearted dismissal or acceptance of a troublesome situation".
Zero misspellings are on record for hey ho in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is hey ho, spelled H-E-Y- -H-O.
Definition
- 1oh well; a usually light-hearted dismissal or acceptance of a troublesome situation
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.