hillside
/ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/noun
hillside is spelled H-I-L-L-S-I-D-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hillside means “The side of a hill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hillside is hillsides.
How many letters and syllables are in hillside?
| Letters | 8: H-I-L-L-S-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th 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 hillside?
Hillside appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 hillside?
- US /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/
Hillside 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hillside.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hillside
Also written: hill-side (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hillside?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hillside (/ɪlsaɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sidehill.
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 hillside
- hillsides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hillside mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The side of a hill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hillside in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense side of a hill:
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 hillside come from?
From hill + side.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).