where's
/wɛə(ɹ)z/contraction
where's is spelled W-H-E-R-E-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a contraction, where's means “Contraction of where + is” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in where's?
| Letters | 6: W-H-E-R-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 where's?
Where's appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 where's?
- /wɛə(ɹ)z/
- /ʍɛə(ɹ)z/
Where'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-where's.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with where's
Sounds like: wares, warez (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does where's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
contraction
- 1
Contraction of where + is.
Where's your hat?
- 2
Contraction of where + has.
Where's she gone?
- 3
colloquialContraction of where + does.
Where's he go every day?
- 4
nonstandardContraction of where + are.
Where's them papers what I give you?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).