hurray
/həˈɹeɪ/interjection, verb
hurray is spelled H-U-R-R-A-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hooray vs hurray” about 1,000 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, hurray means “Alternative form of hooray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hurray?
| Letters | 6: H-U-R-R-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is hurray?
Hurray appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 hurray?
- /həˈɹeɪ/
Hurray 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-hurray.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hurray
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: hooray.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hurray
- hurrays present, singular, he/she/it
- hurraying participle, present
- hurrayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hurray mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of hooray.
verb
- 1
To cheer with a "hurray".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).