she's
/ʃiːz/contraction
she's is spelled S-H-E-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a contraction, she's means “Contraction of she + is” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in she's?
| Letters | 4: S-H-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 182 times per million words; the 556th 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 she's?
She's appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th 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 she's?
- /ʃiːz/
She's 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-us-she's.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of she's
- she’s
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does she's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
contraction
- 1
Contraction of she + is.
- 2
Contraction of she + has.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
She's in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | sie ist , sie hat |
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.