hr
/eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/noun
hr is spelled H-R: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hr means “Abbreviation of hour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hr is hrs or hrs..
How many letters and syllables are in hr?
| Letters | 2: H-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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 hr?
Hr appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 hr?
- UK /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/
- /heɪtʃ ɔɹ/
- US /eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/
Hr 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).
Forms of hr
- hrs plural
- hrs. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of hour.
- 2
Initialism of horizontal rule.
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noun
- 1
The human capital of an organization.
- 2
The management and administration thereof; a department or function that performs those.
- 3
Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
- 4
Initialism of homologous recombination.
- 5
Initialism of hinge remnant.
- 6
Initialism of house resolution.
- 7
Initialism of [U.S.] House Resolution.
- 8
Initialism of hazard ratio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).