hice
/haɪs/noun
hice is spelled H-I-C-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hice means “Pronunciation spelling of house, reflecting a certain posh British accent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hice?
| Letters | 4: H-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hice?
Hice appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 hice?
- /haɪs/
Hice 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-hice.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does hice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of house, reflecting a certain posh British accent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hice come from?
Plural of house by analogy with mouse → mice, louse → lice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).