Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heats

/hiːts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: heats
IPA: /hiːts/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heat

noun

plural of heat (countable senses)

noun

A period of hot weather.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Everyone suffered during the heats of July."
"The heats of the spring, says M. Berthe, (which I need not observe are considerable at Seville,) were at this time beginning to be felt."
"During the heats of summer the mortar is injured by a too rapid desiccation."
"Day after day succeeds of most delicious, dreamy softness; not enervating like the heats of summer, but exhilarating to soul and body."

Usage

Dated

Rhymes With

streets seats meets beats sheets treats tweets eats defeats receipts sweets elites

Questions

How do you pronounce heats?: The recorded pronunciation is /hiːts/.
What does heats mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of heat

How to pronounce heats

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “heats”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/hiːts/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “heats”.
Repeat and practice — Say “heats” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.