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hype

/haɪp/noun, verb, adjective

hype is spelled H-Y-P-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hype means “Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hype is hypes.

How many letters and syllables are in hype?

Letters4: H-Y-P-E
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 hype?

Hype appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 hype?

  • /haɪp/

Hype 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: En-au-hype.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of hype

  • hypes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • hyping participle, present
  • hyped participle, past
  • more hype comparative
  • most hype superlative
  • hyp

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does hype mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.

    After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.

  2. 2

    slangClipping of hypodermic needle.

    hype kit

  3. 3

    datedslangA drug addict.

  4. 4

    Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”).

verb

  1. 1

    To promote or advertise heavily.

    They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.

  2. 2

    Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”).

adjective

  1. 1

    informalHyped; excited.

  2. 2

    slangExcellent, cool.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Hype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmatraquage publicitaire, promotion, propagande, battage médiatique (promotion), promouvoir (to promote)
GermanHype (promotion), werben (to promote)
Portuguesepromoção, propaganda, sensação (promotion), promover (to promote)
Spanishfuror, propaganda exagerada, bombo (promotion), promocionar, dar mucho bombo, meter bombo (to promote)

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 hype come from?

Clipping of hyperbole.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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