Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

here's

/hɪɹz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: here's
IPA: /hɪɹz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

Contraction of here + is.

contraction

Contraction of here + are.

Example Sentences

"“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /hɪɹz/
British English: /hɪə(ɹ)z/

Phrases

here's hoping here's looking at you here's luck here's mud in your eye here's to

Homonyms

hears

Rhymes With

years appears engineers ears volunteers fears cheers careers peers beers gears disappears

Questions

How do you pronounce here's?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɪɹz/.
What does here's mean?: Contraction of here + is.

How to pronounce here's

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