hello

Questions about hello

What does hello mean?

hello means "an expression of greeting".

How many syllables are in hello?

hello has 2 syllables: hel-lo. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /həˈloʊ/.

What is another word for hello?

Close synonyms include hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hello a common word?

hello is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hello?

17 words rhyme with hello. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.