Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

he or she

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.98 in modern English

Syllables
he or she
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

He or she; used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

they (plural) she or he (alternative) heorshe (alternative) he/she (alternative) she/he (alternative) s/he (alternative) (s)he (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

she/he his/her him/her himself/herself him/herself they

Questions

What does he or she mean?
He or she; used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.

How to pronounce he or she

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